UK wastes £15 million every day because of energy inefficiency

Business leaders have warned that Britain is wasting £15 million every day on energy bills because of leaky boilers inefficient offices and draughty homes. The third report by the CBI on UK Government climate change policy found just four out of 24 targets have been met so far. Richard Lambert, CBI Director-general, said the following: "Following the disappointing outcome to the Copenhagen negotiations, the immediate emphasis must now be on those actions that don't require global agreement and that bring economic benefits in their own right. Improved energy efficiency can take us a long way towards meeting our commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and at the same time will bring significant economic benefits to the country,".

Wasting 15 million pounds every day is really shocking me. Not only because it is a lot of money, but also the fact that tonnes of carbon dioxide is being pumped into the atmosphere that could be saved, is shocking. Especially after the Copenhagen negotiations which can be seen as a failure, I think it is even more important that countries take actions that don't require a global agreement to stop the waste of energy and global warming.

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