Get rid of big TVs to make America green

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Get rid of big TVs to make America green
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Thu, 04-09-2009 - 2:30pm

I guess it's time to get rid of big screen TV's, to save the world from global warming and what not.

I guess we really don't need televisions larger than 40". :)

http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/03/23/state-considers-ban-on-big-screen-tvs/12993/

State considers ban on big screen TVs

In their continuing quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, state regulators have uncovered a new villain in the war on global warming : your big screen TV

Couch potatoes, beware.

The California Energy Commission is considering a proposal that would ban California retailers from selling all but the most energy-efficient televisions. Critics say the news standards could take 25 percent of televisions off the market — most of them 40 inches or larger.

“The larger the television, the more at risk it is of being banned unnecessarily in California,” said Douglas Johnson, senior director of technology police for the Consumer Electronics Association.

Association officials say the standards are not only unnecessary – because the federal government already regulates energy efficiency through the voluntary Energy Star program — but also ill-timed. The last thing our economy needs now is products taken off the market, they say.

Furthermore, they say that with a weak economy, consumers are going out less and watching TV more.

“This is really about regulating entertainment, not energy use,” Johnson said.

Poppycock, says the commission.

Affordable big screen TVs will still be available under the new standards, spokesman Adam Gottlieb said. In fact, he said the regulations will save you money.

The commission calculates that if you buy televisions meeting the proposed standards it’ll cut your annual energy use by — drum roll, please — $18 to $30 per television per year.

“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to save money,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb said the commission is exploring the regulations to reduce the strain on the energy grid and to avoid building new power plants.

Televisions are the fastest growing consumer appliance in California. Californians are buying bigger TVs, and more of them. If something doesn’t happen, televisions are going to devour a bigger and bigger piece of the state’s power grid, which means we’ll need more power plants. More power plants mean more greenhouse gas emissions.

“Consumers aren’t aware of the hidden cost of powering these things,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb insisted that the regulations wouldn’t eliminate big screens from California stores. But the commission’s own draft report says TV energy use is “proportional to the screen size.” And there’s no doubt the regulations will limit energy use.

So if you’re in the market for big screen TV, now might be the time to buy. The regulations are expected to be approved this summer.

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Registered: 08-30-2002
Thu, 04-09-2009 - 7:28pm


***I suspect the REALLY committed green people don't even



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Registered: 08-30-2002
Thu, 04-09-2009 - 7:30pm

***Try playing WII tennis on a tiny TV sometime.***


LOL. I can imagine.


Do people actually play real tennis on real tennis courts anymore?



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Registered: 12-25-2008
Thu, 04-09-2009 - 7:36pm

My youngest daughter does at every opportunity, and the local rec park has like 6 courts and they stay busy every afternoon and evening.

 


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Registered: 03-24-2009
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 1:41am

~I guess we really don't need televisions larger than 40".~


We "really don't need televisions", actually, but :)

Kate

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 7:46am
UM, maybe if you have only seen one person on the bus, the driver is going to pick others up. Furthermore, the buses are W/C enabled, with lifts.
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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 11:36am

Do people actually play real tennis on real tennis courts anymore?


They do around here!


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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 11:48am
UM, maybe if you have only seen one person on the bus, the driver is going to pick others up. Furthermore, the buses are W/C enabled, with lifts.




Yep, all of our buses are Handicapped accesible - for wheelchairs they have a lift...for other mobility issues, they bus actually 'kneels'.


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Registered: 01-28-2009
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 11:55am

LOL....I like WII bowling. We don't have the system, but our neighbours occasionally have us over for a night of

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 12:18pm

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 04-10-2009 - 1:01pm

This is absolutely true. There are more empty buses on Atlanta metropolitan streets than full buses. This is because Atlanta is a very large metro area. Buses do not go where many people need to go.


For those few who are on the bus, they are taking up more resources than I am driving to and from work each day. I don't have to pay a driver or a crew of maintenance people. My car is parked at home or at work and not driving around all day long using fuel and polluting the air. And it doesn't take me 2 or 3

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