EarthWatch

Warmup circuits in electronic systems cost us Billions!!!

Instant on...a part of our instant gratification, fast food life style...costs us Billions of Dollars each year in electrical energy costs that we pay for on a monthly basis. In fact it is estimated that each household has an annual expense of more than $200.00 for what is called parasite-electrical charges.

What are they?

Simple, we have asked to have our electronics systems instantly available...laptops, TVs, Stereo Receivers ...desktop computers...they all have these systems. You throw the switch and the screen comes to life, the music starts, or the movie loads. Warm up circuits save us the five to ten seconds it would take to energize our systems and bring them up to speed...but that means that every appliance in your home that calls for this is tapping your electrical lines 24/7...and the utility company is getting paid for your use.

Lets see...60M households...times $200.00 = that's $12Billion Dollars...$12,000,000,000.00 in energy per year...do you think that impacts the Greenhouse effect?

You bet it does. And that's just here in America...the rest of the world has the same circuits...

Time to stop!!! Plug your systems into the power strip and then turn them all off with a single switch...save $200 while you save the planet.

posted by Moon Shadow @ 6:42 AM