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Saving energy is not about money

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People’s energy saving behaviour is driven by some forms of materialistic and competitive thinking rather than money. Image source: Shutterstock (#273078659).

A psychological study, recently published in Energy Policy, has revealed that people do not use less energy at home to save money – instead, as the study suggests, people are driven more by some forms of materialistic and competitive thinking when it comes to their energy consumption.

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