Thread: Amazon has banned my account - my Kindle is now a (partial) brick.
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Old 04-24-2009, 05:24 PM   #384
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Originally Posted by markm View Post
An e-book reader costs $400 + maybe $40/year in electricity to keep it charged.
Are you serious? $40 is nearly my entire non-AC season electricity bill for a month, and while I try to be intelligent about energy use, I am no miser. There is at least one laptop running nearly 24/7, two DVRs, a 42" TV, various other electronics, and normal household appliances like a full-size refrigerator.

There is no way on earth that the Kindle, which needs charging for maybe 2 hours once a week (to be generous) uses nearly the same amount of electricity in a year that my entire house uses in the entire month of, say, February.

I would estimate more like $2-$3 a year.
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