Post by ogeezer on Jun 21, 2007 12:55:22 GMT -6
A good one, made someplace besides communist China?
Inline with this, did'cha know many idle electronics – TVs, VCRs, DVD and CD players, cordless phones, microwaves – use energy even when switched off to keep display clocks lit and memory chips and remote controls working. Nationally, these energy “vampires” use 5 percent of our domestic energy and cost consumers more than $3 billion annually (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and quoted in Alliance ’s Power$mart booklet).
On average households spend some $1,500 each year on energy bills. By choosing Energy Star-certified products, consumers can cut this by 30 percent, saving about $400 each year.
Following the Green Movement belief, if everyone bought one of the four most efficient cars in each class (sedans, sub-compacts, SUVs, light trucks), fuel economy would be 12 percent higher, according to EPA. Americans would save 13.1 billion gallons of gasoline annually, or the equivalent of 157 million tons of greenhouse gasses.
So accordingly, altering current lifestyles to reduce even more of the GH gases and lower dependency on overseas petroleum, its onlyright correct to change the way Americans look at other products too.
Most idle appliances -- TVs, VCRs, cable boxes, CD players, cassette decks, cordless phones, burglar alarms, microwaves -- continue to consume energy when switched off. This energy keeps display clocks lit and memory chips and remote controls working. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory calculates that these energy “leaks” account for 5 percent of total domestic energy consumption, cost more than $3 billion annually, and spew 18 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere.
Having already rigged the electronics in our house so that when they are not in use, or in the overnight hours, those gadgets are shutoff, timers have been built into the circuitry connections. Now, all we need to do is get rid of our LED alarm clocks with a good, reliable wind up alarm clock.
Any suggestions on this?
Inline with this, did'cha know many idle electronics – TVs, VCRs, DVD and CD players, cordless phones, microwaves – use energy even when switched off to keep display clocks lit and memory chips and remote controls working. Nationally, these energy “vampires” use 5 percent of our domestic energy and cost consumers more than $3 billion annually (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and quoted in Alliance ’s Power$mart booklet).
On average households spend some $1,500 each year on energy bills. By choosing Energy Star-certified products, consumers can cut this by 30 percent, saving about $400 each year.
Following the Green Movement belief, if everyone bought one of the four most efficient cars in each class (sedans, sub-compacts, SUVs, light trucks), fuel economy would be 12 percent higher, according to EPA. Americans would save 13.1 billion gallons of gasoline annually, or the equivalent of 157 million tons of greenhouse gasses.
So accordingly, altering current lifestyles to reduce even more of the GH gases and lower dependency on overseas petroleum, its only
Most idle appliances -- TVs, VCRs, cable boxes, CD players, cassette decks, cordless phones, burglar alarms, microwaves -- continue to consume energy when switched off. This energy keeps display clocks lit and memory chips and remote controls working. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory calculates that these energy “leaks” account for 5 percent of total domestic energy consumption, cost more than $3 billion annually, and spew 18 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere.
Having already rigged the electronics in our house so that when they are not in use, or in the overnight hours, those gadgets are shutoff, timers have been built into the circuitry connections. Now, all we need to do is get rid of our LED alarm clocks with a good, reliable wind up alarm clock.
Any suggestions on this?