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Curbing Energy Use In Appliances That Are Off

Posted by Zonk on from the energy-vampires-always-get-ya-in-the-end dept.

KarmaOverDogma writes "The New York Times has an interesting piece on the slow but steady movement to reduce the power drain for appliances that are never truly turned off when they are powered down. In the typical house that's enough to light a 100-watt light bulb 24/7, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, a research arm of the Energy Department. In the United States alone, over $1 billion per year is spent powering devices such as TV's VCR's, Computers and Chargers while they are 'off.' Called 'vampires' and 'wall-warts' by Energy Experts, there has been growing support of their recommendations to adopt industry-wide standards, which would require manufacturers to build appliances with significantly lower consumption when not in use."

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  1. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!

  2. lil jon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    !!!!!!!!!!!11 It ain't crunk enuff!!!

  3. Rather off topic by TenLow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But I've always hated the term "wall warts"

  4. "Energy Department"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's the "Department of Energy" (DOE). Unlike French, the English language has two different ways of representing the same relation: "X of Y" or "Y X". So either you initiate a small language revolution to eradicate one of the two forms, or you appoint one bit of your brain to remember which one is correct.