New Gadgets Drain Even More Power than Old Gadgets, Bears Defecate In Woods
  • 1 Comment
by John Biggs on July 5, 2007

lightbulb.jpg

The Energy Saving Trust, the UK’s answer to NAMBLA, published a report entitled “The Ampere Strikes Back” which states that modern gadgets are sucking down massive amounts of electricity and by 2020 TVs will use 1.4% of domestic electricity. Clearly, this isn’t big news, but it does remind us that electricity is essentially a scarce resource — until we discover perpetual motion — and that we should shut our stuff off at the wall.

Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report [Reuters]

Comments rss icon

Leave Comment

Commenting Options

Enter your personal information to the left, or sign in with your Facebook account by clicking the button below.

Alternatively, you can create an avatar that will appear whenever you leave a comment on a Gravatar-enabled blog.

bugbugbug