According to a recent survey, 2.8% of those questioned said they could save energy by sleeping or relaxing more. By comparison, 2.1 percent said they could do so by insulating their homes.
The NYT science blog reviews other findings and concludes that Americans have a great deal of misunderstanding when it comes to energy conservation:
Participants estimated that line-drying clothes saves more energy than changing the washer’s settings (the reverse is true) and estimated that a central air-conditioner uses only 1.3 times the energy of a room air-conditioner (in fact, it uses 3.5 times as much),
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