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Check out the Kill-a-Watt. 
(http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html)
Amazon UK has several similar items.

We got one last fall - It's interesting to see how much specific 
appliances, lights, etc. really use. Interesting, and sometimes a 
little disturbing...

Chris


At 05:10 AM 7/1/2008, you wrote:
>My father will be rueing another birthday soon, and he is into the
>cost-cutting/green/eco-friendly/carbon footprint/recycling thing ... does
>anyone have any suggestions for gadgets or gizmos similar to the Energy
>Monitor that would make a decent birthday present? Or anything in this vein
>that I can get to help him make a contribution to the world at large?
>
>(Oh, he'll be knockin on 70, so solar-powered bikes etc aren't really gonna
>do it for him. And the cheaper, the better ... it is only my dad after all
>;p ).
>
>Ta muchly,
>
>theUKdude


Christine Tlougan
kat at asheris.net

"On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who 
keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes."
  - Molly Ivins