My pc doubles as my heater. I have to leve it on now that the temp falls in the 40's at night. A cpu is hotter than the surface of the sun.
10 % of the nation's energy consumption is wasted by standby or "leaking" electricityby tv's vcr's cable boxes, rechargers etc that are turned OFF but left plugged in. Think about it.. your tv MUST already be ON if you can press a remote power button to make it fully come on.
I always put an extra layer on but then again I have an awful heating system which is either 'on' or 'off' with no inbetween.. So I leave it until it gets really cold before i turn it on..
I hope not... it's been SUMMER in Pa the last 6 months. Unless you use electricity or firewood, your gas bill is about to go a lot HIGHER. I was in Erie in 77 or 78? and we had 8 ft of snow. We had to climb out a window on the second floor.