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Originally Posted by Kostas
To shock a little more those that dislike this EU decision, I've read in newspapers that EU is considering to forbid stand-by mode in future electronic devices (including battery powered and ebook readers?) in an effort to reduce energy consumption as studies have established that energy spoiled this way is quite significant in total.
I relaised then that I have several electronic devices in stb-by mode that I use only once or twice a year.
But what about our tv set??? Having to leave the couch to turn on????  |
i think i read that the energy consumed by appliances in standby mode is the equivalent of the entire production of one nuclear generator. i can't remember the exact details, but that's a lot of wasted energy. when i recently got a new stereo, i discovered to my disgust that you can't shut it off completely with the power button, it just goes to standby.
presumably that's how it remembers the radio stations you programme. so now when i'm not using it i unplug it at the wall, and just choose the radio manually.
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Back onto the lightbulbs. Me and my friends call these bulbs 'horrorshows' because they flicker like the bulbs in a horror movie when you just know something bad is going to happen  |
hm, you know, i use these bulbs and i've not noticed them flickering at all. maybe they're not the same kind in the UK as in france.