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New Energy Efficiency Rules For TVs Sold In California
petehead writes "The LA Times reports on regulations expected to pass in 2009 that will not allow energy-inefficient TVs to be sold in the state. 'State regulators are getting ready to curb the growing power gluttony of TV sets by drafting the nation's first rules requiring retailers to sell only the most energy-efficient models, starting in 2011... The regulations would be phased in over two years, with a first tier taking effect on Jan. 1, 2011, and a more stringent, second tier on Jan. 1, 2013.'" According to the Energy Commission's estimates, purchasers of Tier 1-compliant TVs would shave an average of $18.48 off their residential electric bill in the first year of ownership.
You can afford a 35" monitor but the $25 charge is an "ass raping"?
I'm guessing that's just your favorite term, right?
"Two dollars for this coffee? Thats an ass raping!"
"Ten bucks for a movie? You're RAPING my ASS!"
"Fifteen a month for this MMO? Help! My Ass! It's being raped!"
((all of these are discretionary purchases, like a frigging 35" monitor. Buy a used one if it bothers you so much, genius.))
Literalism isn't a form of humor, it's you being irritating.