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Is the TV Off? No, It’s Really on Standby, Using Current
New York Times ^
| August 7, 2006
| SEWELL CHAN
Posted on 08/07/2006 3:40:33 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem
"urging New Yorkers to set their thermostats at 78 degrees"
What kind of sick bastard lives at 78 degrees. Im lucky if it gets above 70 at my house, and thats in the summer.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:08:34 PM PDT
by
xpertskir
(Shave the Whales)
To: weegee
Just imagine fifty million large battery packs being discarded annually as well as many more coal-power plants chugging and then think of the electric car....
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:10:12 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
To: Normal4me
Of course ethanol is heavily subsidized by taxes and is in no way a good alterantive fuel.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:10:52 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:11:56 PM PDT
by
dakine
To: Names Ash Housewares
Screw conservation. Build more nukes. Demand is just going to get worse. Meet the needs. This is the USA. We are damned now because of letting envorinmentalist dictate energy policy and terrify our politicians into not doing what was necessary 10-20 years ago. Yep.
And just to piss 'em off, I keep my thermo at 74, sometimes 72.
Of course, I get pissed off when I get the power bill. But I'm cool about it.
And I'll keep driving my 17 mpg full size SUV.
The only thing I will do different is get a bumper sticker that says....
"This one is my baby, my other SUV is an M1A1."
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:12:07 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: xpertskir
What kind of sick bastard lives at 78 degrees. Me, in the wintertime when the government is telling me to turn down my heater.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:13:08 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: dakine
Yeah, well, not that I would know.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:15:49 PM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(No autopsy, no foul.)
To: xpertskir
"What kind of sick bastard lives at 78 degrees. Im lucky if it gets above 70 at my house, and thats in the summer."
Hmmm, if you really don't like the cold move out to the southwest, someplace like here (New Mexico) or Arizona.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:19:27 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
Build more nukes Remember, more people died at Chappaquiddick than at Three Mile Island.
To: neverdem
Shoot... with this title, I thought this was about the Al Gore channel... Current.. . You know, the channel no one watches. So even if he announced to his viewers- TURN THIS OFF, there would be no one there to listen...
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:22:44 PM PDT
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)
To: El Sordo
You are correct, and the author of the article is either clueless or intentionally misrepresenting the truth (the article appeared in the New York Times, after all).
The increased percentage of users who have microwave ovens in their homes does not necessarily represent a net increase in home energy consumption. To the extent that microwaving displaces cooking on conventional electric stoves and/or ovens, it almost certainly represents a substantial decrease in consumption, as the microwaves typically require less power while operating, and generally also require much less operating time per meal cooked than a conventional electric range or oven.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:24:30 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
To: OneWingedShark
Hey I live in Pittsburgh, I suppose I am in the right place. Heat doesnt bother me, humid heat does. I used to live in Colorado(eastern slope) and the weather there suited me just fine.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:29:24 PM PDT
by
xpertskir
(Shave the Whales)
To: Myrddin
The amount of energy used by the clocks is very small - a couple of watts at best. This is the type of article that gets people who can't think rationally all heated up.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:30:45 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: neverdem
I think I remember hearing this called the "Dracula effect" or something similar. It's all the electricity being used by 24/7 plugged-in digital clocks, electric toothbrushes, cells/PDAs being charged, TVs, anything with a lighted display, etc.. Small stuff at one level, but is a large drain cumulatively.
To: Old Student
Four scanners? What are you doing, digitizing the local library?
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:36:54 PM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: John Jorsett
Obviously he's thinking fourth dimensionally...
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:40:02 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.)
To: neverdem
Is the TV Off? No, Its Really on Standby, Using Current So, if we really pull the plug on the tv, vcr, dvd player, microwave, computers, etc. then we have to set the clocks and channels all over each time. Oh, yes, people are going to do that.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:43:11 PM PDT
by
Ruth A.
(we might as well fight in the first ditch as the last)
To: neverdem
Our power company charges different rates for each thousand kilowatts. Use a thousand and your rate's cheap - bump up to another thousand and you pay more. It's easier than guilt tripping people.
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posted on
08/07/2006 4:49:52 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Al Gore - the original "Millions Could Die" kind of guy....)
To: MayflowerMadam
It's lost as heat in the winding of the "wall wart" & internal transformers on gadgets that are plugged in...
To: neverdem
Did you know that EVIL CORPORATIONS owned and controlled by people who never worked, but INHERITED their wealth, MAKE PROFITS from ADVERTISING these awful gadgets?
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