''Energy companies can hit their targets in numerous other ways, including the much more effective insulation of solid wall homes. This, however, is seven times more expensive''
It wasn't just long
-lost elderly relatives giving unwanted gift this Christmas. German-owned energy company Npower were at it too, cramming the already under-pressure postal service with 12 million low-energy light bulbs that households neither asked for nor required.
The packages are part of the company's legal obligation to cut carbon emissions but were sent out despite government advise that many would never be used.
Failure to meet its target for improving efficiency in homes would have led to a fine of more than £40 million, or 10 per cent of the Npower's turnover.
The Christmas delivery takes the amount of free or subsidised low-energy bulbs to 180 million in the past 18 months, leaving the average home with six unused ones.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240025/Not-bright-idea-Flawed-government-scheme-leaves-homes-swamped-180-million-unwanted-energy-saving-light-bulbs.html#ixzz0bYVADGVU