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California Publishes Television Efficiency Standards For 2011
eldavojohn writes "It's been nine months since California announced their intentions to create new standards on energy-consuming televisions in their state, but yesterday the California Energy Commission finally released the first draft of the regulations. (More information straight from the horse's mouth.) If you live in another state, you may be unfamiliar with California's history of mandating power usage among anything from dishwashers to washing machines to other household appliances. This has also led to California pushing to ban incandescent light bulbs. From their FAQ on TV Efficiency Standards: 'The proposed standards have no effect on existing televisions. If approved, they would only apply to TVs sold in California after January 1, 2011. The first standard (Tier 1) would take effect January 1, 2011, and reduce energy consumption by average of 33 percent. The second measure (Tier 2) would take effect in 2013 and, in conjunction with Tier 1, reduce energy consumption by an average of 49 percent.' The Draft from December 2008 is available on their site (PDF, with a shorter 'Just the Facts' flier for those of you without two hours to burn). There's no indication whether that's what they're going with, or if it's been updated since then."
And to be honest there really -shouldn't- be an alternative energy movement in the US yet. We have -tons- (literally) of coal. This helps a great deal of people earn their living. In other countries though, they might not have any coal or oil, if they are developed enough nuclear would be great for them. If they have lots of rivers waiting to be dammed up, hydroelectric power would be for them. If they have lots of open windy plains, wind energy would be great for them. If they have a large coastline, using the ocean's energy would work. But here in the USA, we have lots of coal, so coal energy makes sense. Sure, there are some areas where wind power, hydroelectric or even nuclear power makes sense, but we have a huge coal deposit, why not tap that? Its cheap, plentiful and helps a lot of unskilled workers.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
ope. It's called recognition that every government of every political persuasion needs to enact laws that promote the common good.
No its not. It's people like you and this idea of the "common good". Because its always "your common good".
Do you think an energy efficient TV displays pictures somehow worse than an energy hog TV ? Should we allow people to waste energy when the national interest is in conserving it ?
It's not in the national interest to conserve energy. It's in your interest that people use less. I would prefer we simply build more nuclear power plants and lower the price of energy so taht people can use more of it.
See, what a fine little NAZI you are? You don't even admit that anyone can have any other ideas about life, other than you.
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