- Can you do something about all those crazy people in your state?
The rest of the country
Posted on 09/18/2009 10:34:36 AM PDT by gubamyster
Reporting from Sacramento - Concerned that the growing popularity of big-screen televisions could make it harder for California to keep pace with electricity demand, state energy regulators are poised to crack down on energy-guzzling sets despite opposition from a powerful electronics trade group.
The first-in-the-nation TV efficiency standards would require electronics retailers to sell only energy-sipping models starting in 2011. Even tougher efficiency criteria would follow in 2013.
The California Energy Commission is slated to unveil the new standards today, followed by a 45-day public comment period. The commission is expected to approve the measure in early November.
The rules, which took more than a year to develop, are designed to shave $8.1 billion off Californians' electricity bills over a 10-year-period. That works out to $30 per set per year, according to commission officials.
It will also help California utilities head off the need to build more power plants just so residents can watch "American Idol" and other shows. TVs already account for 10% of residential energy use in California, driven largely by surging demand for large-screen TVs. Strict state mandates for cutting greenhouse gas emissions are further pressuring officials to act.
"Increased efficiency is the most cost-effective way of meeting our renewable-energy goals," commission Chairwoman Karen Douglas said.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
So now I bet we’ll see a “Cash for Clunkers” program to get people to trade in their Plasma TVs.
We have plenty of energy. The eco-fascists and warmists won’t allow us to access it. The world is laughing at us.
Hey, CALI... here’s an idea....
BUILD A POWER PLANT!!
Jeez, what idiots.
Killing in-state electronics dealers so out of state retailers can make a bundle.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Best Buy stores on the California border have just hit the lottery.
“Increased efficiency through term limits is the most cost-effective way of meeting our renewable-politician goals,”.
California is finished.
...when they pry my remote from my cold, dead, fingers.
Just pull the plug on kalifornicate.
LLS
So just buy it on Amazon. No tax, and no “electronic waste recycling fee (tax)” either...
I think they should limit the size of houses and the number of tv sets you can have. Also reduce the size of refrigerators and ban the sale of dryers. The sun always shines here..hang out your laundry.
My Pioneer plasma HDTV has a much better picture than Samsung however they now rule the market.
The article does not mention CA pays some of the highest electricity prices in the nation and any sort of energy intensive manufacturing no longer exists in the state.
They’ll have to pry my 52” plasma remote from my cold, dead hand.
Great. Now I’m going to have to drive to Las Vegas and pay cash for my next big TeeeeeVeeeee. That will work until Obama gets his webcam based Big Brother is Watching You program into full swing.
Pretty soon they will be watching TV by candlelight just like people did in the 1930’s to watch FDR do his Fireside Chats.
The rest of the country
The inmates are running the insane asylum.
Why not shut down movie theaters with their costly, energy-sucking projectors, and global warming-inducing popcorn machines.
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