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1 posted on 01/05/2009 12:50:06 PM PST by Sig Sauer P220
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Shakedown time nothing else


2 posted on 01/05/2009 12:51:50 PM PST by junta (Not even respectable mainstream conservatives can save liberalism.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

People will buy from out of state...........


4 posted on 01/05/2009 12:55:00 PM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Not to worry. Many people are going to be canceling their cable service as time goes on. I’ve done my part to save energy—I put my electric carving knife away.


6 posted on 01/05/2009 12:57:08 PM PST by Misterioso ( Socialism is an ideology. Capitalism is a natural phenomenon.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220
I was surprised how energy inefficient the flat screens are, they give out alot of heat, even more than the equivalent CRT. Coming technologies are going to cut that down, such as the advent of LED backlighting.

Still, the government should stay out of this, its silly really.

9 posted on 01/05/2009 12:58:08 PM PST by Paradox (When the left have no one to villainize, they'll turn on each other.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Ping for your attention


13 posted on 01/05/2009 1:04:34 PM PST by GreenAccord (Bacon Akbar!)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

TFT’s, which make up the vast majority of LCD tv’s sold today, already are energy efficient. Not sure what the point of this is.

Oh, intrusion!


16 posted on 01/05/2009 1:13:10 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Guns don't kill people; abortion clinics do.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

They can tax my 52-inch, flat-screen television as soon as they remove the remote from my cold, dead hand...


17 posted on 01/05/2009 1:14:28 PM PST by Flycatcher (Strong copy for a strong America)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Just thinking about the following questions:

1) Energy consumption on (name a Hollywood liberal) home/pool/plane
2) How many hot tubs in CA?
3) Disneyland/etc?

Gads, it’s so very easy to make a (greater) fool of a public official.


19 posted on 01/05/2009 1:15:35 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Sig Sauer P220

LCDs tend to use much less power than a CRT.

You can calculate the difference in power usage by looking on the back, or in the manuals. You’re interested in the wattage each device uses.

Be sure to take the “active” state, not “standby”.

From memory, both my 27” CRT TV and my 60” LCD TV use about the same amount of power - 100W/hr.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj50xKkRmrpcbxID3z_S9kYjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071211143530AAyBS5I

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BUT THE ARTICLE STATES:

LCD — liquid crystal display — sets use 43% more electricity, on average, than conventional tube TVs; larger models use proportionately more. Plasma TVs, which command a relatively small share of the market, need more than three times as much power as bulky, old-style sets.


20 posted on 01/05/2009 1:17:24 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Guns don't kill people; abortion clinics do.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

I can see folks driving to Tiajuana and Las Vegas to purchase illegal, energy hogging flat screen t.v.s.
Thus another underground economy was born.


26 posted on 01/05/2009 1:22:53 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Sig Sauer P220
But then I'll be buying all my stuff outside Californicatestan anyway.

PS, I got a "Spelling okay" on this post, thanks!

27 posted on 01/05/2009 1:24:19 PM PST by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate, makes a Marxist President.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

I’ve got a 50” plasma. It loves energy, and I love it.

The government can go **** itself for all I care.


30 posted on 01/05/2009 1:29:07 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Resist the Obamination!)
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To: Sig Sauer P220
But the elite will go on building/buying/living in Mega Mansions of tens of thousands of square feet and 12 foot ceilings to heat/cool - and a few hundred light bulbs, be they little mercury bombs or not - using 20 times more energy than we Plebeians - with not a whisper about the consumption.

They need to get the he*l out of our houses...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp

We should all cache this link and send it to everyone we know - put it in a “letter to the editor” of all our local papers. Maybe people will start to get a clue.

31 posted on 01/05/2009 1:42:27 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Move out of California if you are American.


32 posted on 01/05/2009 1:54:37 PM PST by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the Royal 100 Club)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Giv’em an inch, they take a mile.

A 29’ CRT takes about 130W to run. That’s .32 watts per square inch of viewing pleasure.

An 52” LCD rated “average” in energy consumption pulls around 250 watts, about .22 watts per square inch.

An LCD rated “poor” in energy consumption may pull as much power per square inch as a CRT TV.

Most 32” LCDs rated “good” in energy consumption pull LESS overall energy than that smaller CRT.

At worst there’s no improvement. The article twists the truth to gain support for the liberal agenda. Most LCD TVs pull more overall power because they’re a lot bigger, but they are more energy efficient than CRTs.

A big diesel bus sure uses a lot more fuel than my commuter car, but then again it can also carry a lot more people, making it overall more fuel efficient in getting people around.


33 posted on 01/05/2009 2:04:34 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Flee.
Just flee.


35 posted on 01/05/2009 2:13:42 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Sig Sauer P220
My LCD screen uses substantially LESS than the old CRT model.

I think they got it wrong. I'm told that plasma takes more, but my LCD takes much less.

Same for the one on my computer.

38 posted on 01/05/2009 2:32:49 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

Okay, that sounds like a plan. Let’s all unplug are t.v.s and that way we won’t have to hear liberal propaganda anymore. LOL!!! Seriously, these people need a life.


41 posted on 01/05/2009 3:41:30 PM PST by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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