[mdlug] I found a 20 inch monitor today

[Aaron Kulkis]

Scott Webster Wood wrote:
> Yes, I knew it was coming the first time I saw that 'energy star'
 > logo.  PC pc's!
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It has nothing to do with political correctness, and
everything to do with the economics of paying for
electricity.

This is why all of the various political "save energy"
measures are actually just ruses for some other agenda.

Truly energy efficient devices don't need to be subsidized.

Any time some group wants Congress to get involved to
mandate that people "use less energy"... there's some
other agenda at the roof of it.

Two years ago, we replaced a 1970's furnace with a new
high efficiency (98%+) furnace.  Last winter, our gas
bills were estimates based on the basis of consumption
over previous years.  We ended up accumulating so much
credit (due to overbilling) that despite a much colder
winter than the past several years, we still have
several hundred dollars of credit with the gas company.

If something is "energy efficient" but isn't being
used because of extremely high purchase costs, that
a very good indicator that there's a very substantial
energy input to make the thing in the first place.

This is why photoelectric cells are not economical up
here in Michigan -- the energy input to make the wafers
is so high, and in operation, the energy output so
low, that it takes YEARS just to recover the energy
used to make the device in the first place.  And
if the thing breaks (they're quite fragile) before
lasting that long, then this so-called "energy
saving" device has actually consumed more energy
than it ever produced.

And that's why nobody here is going to use them
for power production unless government clods in
Lansing or Washington subsidize them.




> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> So far, it's doing well....although i'm not sure if the power
>> consumption vs flat screens makes it a good idea to keep it
>> or to give it up.
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