Call it curiosity. Call it nothing better to do. But I went ahead and tried to work out how much power is consumed by Fairy Lights on Christmas trees in Ireland during the 2006 holiday period.
By my reckoning the total power consumed by lights on Christmas Trees (and I only counted the indoor variety on the tree itself) is..
1,500 MegaWatts of power.
Looking at the numbers in another way, the total daily requirement to power Christmas Tree lights alone in Ireland is 375 MegaWatts. I read somewhere recently that one of the main power plants in Ireland has a rated output of 384 MegaWatts. So you make the connection.
Call me a spoilsport but surely in tandem with the whole "we all need to drive smaller cars/more fuel efficient cars/use public transport" mantra surely we need to do something to reduce the ridiculous spiralling frivolous use of energy. It is a scarce resource after all.
I think my estimates are on the lower side.
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