That's right.
No, in fact, one of the particular initiatives that the Europeans have been talking about is finding a way to reduce the consumption on or outright ban standby power on all equipment. In order to have it come on instantly when you push the button, it's quietly working in the background; a little light is always on. That's not a big drain, but multiply it by those 25 appliances and the 30 million Canadians and it actually represents a significant load on the system. If we could stop doing that or reduce it to extremely low levels, that would be a found saving with very little sacrifice or downside. But I don't think we're going to get people to have fewer appliances, fewer computers, or fewer cellphones that get plugged in at home.
I was at a meeting of utility executives from around the world recently. The other hot topic that interested me was the technology of plug-in hybrid vehicles and their role, in terms of reducing consumption of fossil fuels and reducing emissions, and also in terms of how you would integrate them into the grid so that you could actually draw on their batteries at certain peak times, plugged in all through society, and charge them when demand was lowest.
So there are some fascinating, if complex, things going on out there that will make our society much more energy efficient in the future.