Hands in Your Pocket: The Cost of Standby Power - Environmental and Otherwise
Posted March 4, 2009 - 22:07 by Nora Dunn
Go check your electricity meter box. Is the wheel turning and clicking over, recording your power usage? Probably. Now go back inside, and turn everything off. The lights, the coffee maker - even the fridge - and check your meter again. Is it still turning and clicking? It probably is, if even a little bit.
You are a victim (and wanton consumer) of standby power. And you are paying dearly for it, in more ways than one.
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