Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Even if you were to find a published, vetted study that showed the figures
>were questionable, the result would still be the same.  It's the new
>America, where people are conditioned from birth not to be responsible for
>their words or actions.  See the nearby alarm contract thread for details.
>(-:

Inflated energy figures seem to be ubiquitous. One has to wonder whether
they are being deliberately duplicitous or are just stupid to understand
technical stuff.

For example, Monday's Slate had this article...

     http://www.slate.com/id/2164136/

which included this...

"Cable and video-game boxes, DVD players, and other electronics can use as
much energy in standby mode as a 75-watt light bulb that's left on."

I doubt there are any devices that use 75W in standby - even my 15 year old
stereo receiver draws less than 1W in standby. Even if they mean that as the
total for all devices that draw phantom power, I think the 75W figure is
still badly inflated for the typical home.

They certainly should know better because treehugger.com has this on their
website...

     http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/05/killawatt.php

You almost have to conclude it's a case of deliberate disinformation.