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Summary: follow this rule every time:
"when you turn off the lighty,
you shut off the yt"-
Meaning- the electric light
is a stealth killer of your money-
when you leave on a light you
are not really using, the white
world dominators are the beneficiaries-
and you are the economic loser!!!
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Vampire power costs
 
By Lori Bongiorno
Posted Wed May 27, 2009 10:57am PDT
Related topics: Electronics (http://green.yahoo.com/topic/Electronics), Electricity (http://green.yahoo.com/topic/Electricity), Saving energy at home (http://green.yahoo.com/topic/Saving%20energy%20at%20home)
More from The Conscious Consumer blog (http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer)

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There's a lot of interest in the fact that many electronic devices in our homes are using energy even while they are turned off or not being used. But, how much money do these energy vampires (http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/50/energy-vampires-fact-versus-fiction.html) really suck up?
For many people, the standby power used by one device will seem minuscule, but the costs can add up when you take into account just how many things we all have plugged in. What's more, many households, have multiple televisions, computers, cordless phones, and others.
All told, the money wasted by an average U.S. household on standby power each year could easily be used to purchase an iPod Shuffle (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle?mco=MTE2OTU) or in some cases even a Nano (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_nano?mco=MTIyMDI).
Below is a list of the annual average costs for many household gadgets that are turned off and plugged in. Just add up the costs for everything you have plugged in at home to find out how much standby power costs you each year.
Keep in mind that these are just averages, and in some categories there are big differences between most and least efficient products. How much energy each of your devices consumes will depend on both the device itself and your local electricity costs.
We calculated the following averages based on energy use stats from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (http://standby.lbl.gov/summary-table.html) and American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (http://aceee.org/consumerguide/electronics.htm) using a price of 11 cents per kilowatt-hour (http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_3.html).

Home Entertainment
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• CRT TV: $1.00
• LCD TV: $2.97
• Plasma TV: $2.97
• DVD: $1.53
• VCR: $4.63
• Digital cable box: $17.65
• Satellite cable box: $15.50
• DVR: $36.63
• Digital cable box with DVR: $43.01
• Set-top satellite box with DVR: $27.52
• Video game console: $1.00
• Portable stereo: $1.64
• AM/FM tuner: $1.11
• CD player: $4.99

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• Desktop computer: $3.96
• Laptop computer: $8.81
• Laptop charger (unattached to laptop): $4.38
• LCD monitor: $1.12
• Printer: $1.98
• Multifunction printer, scanner, copier: $5.21
• Computer speakers: $1.98

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• Coffee maker: $1.12
• Microwave oven: $3.05
• Cordless phone: $1.98
• Answering machine: $1.99
• Power tool: $3.96
• Handheld vacuum: $2.97
• Electric toothbrush: $1.98
• Cell phone charger (unattached to phone): $0.26

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• Video game console: $23.10
• VCR: $7.69
• DVD player: $7.46
• CD player: $8.53

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When you add up how much money every U.S. household spends on standy power it amounts to about $4 billion a year  (http://standby.lbl.gov/archives/faq.html)of wasted energy.

ASSIGNMENT:
FIRST OF ALL- WHY DID YOU BUY ALL THAT
yt MADE GARBAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE? ARE YOU IMITATING THE
yt PREDATORY DEATHSTYLE?
 
* GET RID OF MOST OF THAT ELECTRONIC GARBAGE
YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOME-DE-whitenize
 
* TAKE SOME VITAL HERBS TO DE-ELECTRIFY YOUR
BODY AND BRAIN WHEN YOU PICKED UP
ALL THAT ELECTRIC JUNK- HOW CAN YOU TELL IF
YOU ARE ELECTRIFIED? WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE
LIGHTY, DO YOU GLOW IN THE DARK?
 
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Meda ase baba for this post. I really like "when you turn off the lighty,
you shut off the yt"