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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
I call bullshit on this. Cali bans big screen tvs but you think there will be enough electricity for cars?  |
They aren't banning big screen TV's. They are calling for all TV's sold in California to be Engergy Star compliant and be more effecient. Some TV's sich as the LG 47SL80 and Mitsubishi LT-46249 use as much as 187 Watts of power.
"Since the sale of flat-panel televisions began to rocket early in the decade, TV-related power usage has more than tripled to 10 billion kilowatt-hours per year, accounting for nearly 10% of residential electricity consumption", said Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld, a nuclear physicist and UC Berkeley professor." (
See LA Times).
And don't forget, "old" flat screen TV's use alot of power compared to today's more modern LED TV's.