Comments on: Did you know? 45 Billion Hours of Power Went… http://www.adeoressi.com/2006/10/17/did-you-know-45-billion-hours-of-power-leaked-away/ Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, and Founding Member of TheFunded.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:20:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: shallah http://www.adeoressi.com/2006/10/17/did-you-know-45-billion-hours-of-power-leaked-away/#comment-122 shallah Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:07:17 +0000 http://www.adeoressi.com/2006/10/17/did-you-know-45-billion-hours-of-power-leaked-away/#comment-122 I have just learned of this when reading suggestions to do my bit to stop global warming. This really is appalling! I read that in Europe they are considering making manufacturers to make appliances to use a maximum of 1 watt when off. I think this should be a requirement everywhere. Do you know if plugging appliances into a powerstrip or similar so I can turn them off instead of crawling behind the tv to unplug it would be enough to eliminate the vamping? I have just learned of this when reading suggestions to do my bit to stop global warming. This really is appalling! I read that in Europe they are considering making manufacturers to make appliances to use a maximum of 1 watt when off. I think this should be a requirement everywhere.

Do you know if plugging appliances into a powerstrip or similar so I can turn them off instead of crawling behind the tv to unplug it would be enough to eliminate the vamping?

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