Tag: electricity
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Smart technologies for disciplining the poor
There are millions of energy prepayment meters in Britain. They’re supposed to liberate customers from financial worry. They do the exact opposite. — (I updated this post on 5 January…
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refrigeration figures
From a feature about low-tech refrigeration for rural Africa in The Ecologist I learn that “refrigerators and freezers account for 25% of the UK’s average household electricity bill” and that…