40% of all electricity used by turned off devices

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Submission + - 40% of all electricity used by turned off devices (i-hacked.com)

Submitted by WWMPCDD on Thursday June 21, 2007 @01:30PM

WWMPCDD writes: The Department of Energy estimates that in the average home, 40 percent of all electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. Add that all up, and it equals the annual output of 17 power plants, the government says.

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