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Some household appliances cost us while they sit around and collect dust. They suck energy just by being plugged in, even if they aren’t turned on. This wickedly wasteful phenomenon is commonly known as standby power, but we call it Vampire Energy.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; International Energy Agency; Australian Government Energy Program; Energy Star
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This is an excellent video!
I hadn't realized that vampire energy accounted for a full 1% of U.S. CO2 emissions. Is the diffusion of flat-screen TVs pushing this amount still higher?
Posted on April 22, 2008 — by RFCapalino
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