Why Your Electronics Suck Energy
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Here’s an interesting article on why our electronic components suck up so much energy, and why it’s causing some power plants to work overtime just to supply the energy needed to power a television that’s off:
“Your DVD player is wasting energy. Chances are, so are your TV, audio/video receiver, video game console, desktop or notebook computer, printer, scanner, fax machine, cell phone charger, cordless phone system, microwave oven and more.
How can that be? As long as they’re plugged in, most of these electronics are still using electricity when they’re turned off. That’s right, as in OFF, which is supposed to mean OFF—except in this day and age, when apparently OFF means something can still draw power. And that costs us money, wastes energy and contributes to our global warming problem. (More than 40 percent of all global emissions of carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, is caused by electrical power plants.) “
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2 Comments
jacob
December 15th, 2007
at 1:21am
i would never thought of that, it sucks so much energy. i always thought energy was unlimited.
Albert
December 17th, 2007
at 10:56am
Exactly! So why doesn’t the government make the electronics companies that make these devices stop making them that way. The government wants to do something about conserving energy, like giving tax breaks to companies that do something. I think that the government should start MAKING these companies start producing nothing but immediatley.