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NEWS ABOUT: energy consumption

energy consumption stories: 12 news summaries

California Plans Ban on Power-Guzzling TVs

Nation's first TV energy standards expected to pass

Oct 29, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The consumer electronics industry is kicking hard against California's plans to introduce energy consumption maximums for TV sets. An industry lobby group argues that buyers should be allowed to decide whether they want a power-hungry flat-screen TV set or not, and warns that the move could cost the state jobs... More »

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television • California • flat screen TVs • consumer electronics • Plasma TV • energy consumption • energy efficiency

Human Blood Fuels New
Light Source

Gruesome lamp intended to make point about energy usage

Oct 2, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Figuring that people would use less electricity if they had to cut themselves to turn on the light, a British designer has cooked up the “blood lamp.” The ingenious bulb is full of luminol, a chemical forensic scientists use to check crime scenes for blood, LiveScience explains. Just... More »

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invention • energy consumption • Mike Thompson • energy conservation • luminol

Flat-Screen TVs Must Use Less Energy: Calif.

State is the first to demand better efficiency

Sep 19, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over Hummer, there's a new energy-hogging villain in town—flat-screen TVs. California yesterday became the first state to mandate better energy efficiency for televisions, reports the San Jose Mercury News. All sets sold there must reduce consumption 30% by 2011 and 50% by 2013. The industry is outraged, but... More »

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television • California • flat screen TVs • energy consumption

(Newser) - The European Union's powerful competition commissioner slapped two energy companies with record fines of $1.53 billion today for cartel misbehavior. GDF Suez and E.ON, two of the world's biggest gas producers, colluded to avoid competition in French and German energy markets and drive up prices. It's the first... More »

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Germany • European Union • France • energy prices • competition • natural gas • energy markets • Neelie Kroes • fine • energy consumption • anticompetitive

ANALYSIS

 Spam Doesn't Waste 
 Energy, Humans Do 

Study miscalculates how people use computers: Kaplan

Apr 16, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A recent study that equates spam’s carbon footprint to that of a whopping 2.4 million homes is fascinating, but completely wrong, Jeremy Kaplan writes in PC Magazine. The researchers traced most of the energy usage to the end user’s computer, but that energy-waster would probably be left... More »

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energy • carbon footprint • spam • computer • Internet filtering • energy consumption

Energy-Wasting Spam
Also a Pain in the Earth

It hurts environment and productivity, authors say

Apr 15, 09 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spam e-mails consume 20% of companies' energy budgets, enough collectively to run 2.4 million houses, says a study commissioned by the security firm McAfee. Most of the waste results from end users sifting through the 62 trillion junk items sent annually, eWeek reports. Eliminating spam would be the equivalent... More »

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Internet • carbon footprint • email • spam • McAfee • energy consumption

 Apple Revamps Desktops 

Energy efficiency key to overhaul

Mar 3, 09 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple today announced updates to its desktop line: All computers got a boost in energy efficiency and meet upcoming EnergyStar 5.0 regulations, CNET reports. Prices dropped on some models as well: The new Mac Pros start at $2,499 and feature Intel Xeon processors; the iMac now starts at... More »

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Apple • iMac • Mac • EnergyStar • energy consumption

 EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs 

Capacity might be only speed bump to quick switch to CFLs

Jun 19, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015.  More »

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global warming • European Union • compact fluorescent bulbs • electricity • bulbs • incandescent bulbs • energy consumption

At Last, US Gas Consumption Starts to Fall

High prices, economic crash cause first decline in 17 years

Jun 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The price of gasoline quadrupled over the last decade, but Americans responded by driving more and more in ever-larger gas guzzlers as if nothing had changed. But $4 gas combined with an economic black hole may have finally gotten the message across, reports the New York Times, as American... More »

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gas • United States • gas prices • oil price • energy consumption

Hybrid Owners Put the Pedal to Fuel Efficiency

Prius' real-time feedback alters driving habits to max MPGs

May 26, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leaving the bad old days of drag-racing in the dust, greenies are now engaging in their own race for fuel efficiency, reports the Washington Post. With hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius giving up-to-the-second feedback on just how much gas passing that little old lady in the right... More »

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energy • gas • Toyota Prius • mpg • hybrid car • energy consumption • gas mileage

 Alaskan City Goes
 Green—by Necessity 

After avalanche, Juneau is forced to find ways to use less energy

May 14, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - An energy conservation effort born out of necessity has turned the residents of Juneau, Alaska, into poster children for the green movement, the New York Times reports. Electricity rates skyrocketed 400% after an avalanche knocked out several major transmission towers last month; the state capital has since lowered its electricity... More »

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Alaska • conservation • alternative energy • Juneau • electricity • clean energy • energy consumption

Turn Clocks Ahead Tonight

Some doubt that daylight saving time conserves energy

Mar 8, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Time flies when you’re trying to save energy: Americans will have to spring their clocks forward by an hour tonight—technically at 2am— for daylight saving time. The sleep-reducing tradition is happening a month earlier than usual in a government effort to cut down on electricity use and take... More »

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summer • air conditioning • Benjamin Franklin • Daylight Saving Time • energy consumption • Energy Policy Act of 2005 • clocks

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