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Assumptions about America...
I just got a new TV. It's freakin' huge (42"), remarkably inexpensive, and it came in a remarkably thin box (4")
It came with an energy-guide sticker.
It claims $13/year energy cost.
$13/year.
$0.25/week.
Now, that's assuming $0.11/kWh, and I pay ~ $0.23/kWh.
But it's also assuming *FIVE* hours use per day. Five. Hours.
I like TV and movies and being entertained by a shiny box, but I'm pretty sure my brain would leak out of my ears if I watched five hours of TV a day.
It came with an energy-guide sticker.
It claims $13/year energy cost.
$13/year.
$0.25/week.
Now, that's assuming $0.11/kWh, and I pay ~ $0.23/kWh.
But it's also assuming *FIVE* hours use per day. Five. Hours.
I like TV and movies and being entertained by a shiny box, but I'm pretty sure my brain would leak out of my ears if I watched five hours of TV a day.