Comments on: Without New Policies Gadget Energy Will Cost Us $200B http://gigaom.com/cleantech/without-new-policies-gadget-power-will-cost-us-200b/ Sun, 27 May 2012 04:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Flex Your Power Energy News - Power Plug » Consumer Electronics Could Cost $200B in Energy Bills by 2030 http://gigaom.com/cleantech/without-new-policies-gadget-power-will-cost-us-200b/#comment-22884 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:45:49 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31548#comment-22884 [...] (Source: The International Energy Agency via earth2tech) [...]

]]> By: The IEA Report: Efficiency, Gadgets, and Vampires | Energy Circle http://gigaom.com/cleantech/without-new-policies-gadget-power-will-cost-us-200b/#comment-22883 Fri, 15 May 2009 20:20:17 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31548#comment-22883 [...] for 15% of total residential electricity usage, and that usage and demand is swiftly increasing. As Earth2Tech’s Katie Fehrenbacher notes, “if governments don’t implement new policies to make sure that consumer [...]

]]> By: Peggy http://gigaom.com/cleantech/without-new-policies-gadget-power-will-cost-us-200b/#comment-22882 Fri, 15 May 2009 04:23:10 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31548#comment-22882 These are daunting figures, to be sure. I’m not all that optimistic about a sudden decline of interest in the gadgets that help us communicate, play and work from home…or where ever we are. And as the WSJ pointed out today, some of those gadgets have reduced the devastating impact of long commutes. That’s all good, but I am not willing to capitulate to vampire energy and waste just because gadgets do some good. As this blog and others have noted, there are plenty of alternatives to opening our household veins to vampire energy. We put together a kind of fun video on the topic: http://www.energycircle.com/store/power-strips.

We don’t have to wait for regulations in order to cut off little guzzlers.

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]]> By: Gadget Energy Could Cost Us $200B | FollowGreen.com http://gigaom.com/cleantech/without-new-policies-gadget-power-will-cost-us-200b/#comment-22877 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:21:04 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31548#comment-22877 [...] Earth2Tech Share and [...]

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