New Energy Star Requirement Dumps Your Giant Plasma

[majorloser]

If the government wants my 58-inch plasma I have five words: "From my cold dead hands!"

But I thought I read on Facebook that your new wife wants to get rid of that huge beast. (jk)

 

[Wayde Robson]

But I thought I read on Facebook that your new wife wants to get rid of that huge beast. (jk)

Hehe, no she loves that it heats the basement.

 

[3db]

Hehe, no she loves that it heats the basement.

In my twisted logic, the fact that you watch yoyr TV and use it to heat the room is a bonus and you save money from having to turn up the heat in that room. Its a win win from every angle.

 

[gmichael]

Maybe, just maybe, more electricity is being used at home because more people are spending more time at home with their new HT systems.

 

[majorloser]

In my twisted logic, the fact that you watch yoyr TV and use it to heat the room is a bonus and you save money from having to turn up the heat in that room. Its a win win from every angle.

But he's a newlywed. It's his job to keep her warm.

 

[3db]

But he's a newlywed. It's his job to keep her warm.

Hmmmm maybe they're using the wrong remote?

 

[MapleSyrup]

If Energy Star is, at the very least, influencing purchases enough to reduce the power consumption of the average TV set – it’s done a good job at putting a significant dent in greenhouse gas emissions.

Huh?

 

[lycan]

seriously?

since when did co2 become an actual pollution, ooh yeah when california tried to regulate their own states cafe standard and the government said bugger-off. so they turned to the EPA and petitioned for control of co2 output not a pollutant then, to make it one. bang, a back door gas milage standard. we all put out 3 lbs a day, more if your healthy and work out. should we stop jogging? and what would happen if we suddenly magically rid ourselves of all co2. uumm. all plants on the planet would die? yup .in earths past higher co2 also mirrored plant growth. maybe we shoul put coke and pepsi and all the others out to pasture, carbonated beverage ya-know.
sorry i just realized i was having a rant.. still fuming over the herd mentality.
1 hour later i just checked, yup still im mad!

 

[ComradeBrehznev]

junk science

The problem with guv'ment do- gooders is they don't know when to stop. "Must continue and expand mandate, must continue and expand mandate, ad infinitum..."
[how about stopping before you begin]

 

[davee70]

I don't know what the hullabaloo is all about. Energy Star carries no mandates. It's the energy equivalent of putting the calories per serving on a food item.

What Energy Star does do is encourage manufacturers to make their products more efficient. What is the objection to that? (No need to answer here.)

I would say it has been a very effective program. Look how much the watts have come down on some of the 50" 1080p plasmas. A good factor of 2 or more.

Now if you got 20 mpg instead of 10, that would be a good thing, right?

If you have to have a 100" plasma, the Energy Star program won't prevent you from screwing up the planet.

Isn't the real question whether or not the lower wattage units have the same video quality as their higher wattage cousins?