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New Energy Efficiency Rules For TVs Sold In California 609

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 07, 2009 @04:38PM from the free-markets-are-just-too-wacky-and-non-linear dept.

petehead writes "The LA Times reports on regulations expected to pass in 2009 that will not allow energy-inefficient TVs to be sold in the state. 'State regulators are getting ready to curb the growing power gluttony of TV sets by drafting the nation's first rules requiring retailers to sell only the most energy-efficient models, starting in 2011... The regulations would be phased in over two years, with a first tier taking effect on Jan. 1, 2011, and a more stringent, second tier on Jan. 1, 2013.'" According to the Energy Commission's estimates, purchasers of Tier 1-compliant TVs would shave an average of $18.48 off their residential electric bill in the first year of ownership.

Comment Recommended reading. (Score 1) 729

by methodermis on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @04:03PM (#21742918) Attached to: Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?

Are [laws of nature] merely fancy bookkeeping, a way of organizing facts about the world? Do they govern nature or just describe it? And does it matter that we don't know and that most scientists don't seem to know or care where they come from?

The book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence explores this subject directly, starting with how scientific method seems not to overlap with philosophy, but when the discussion digs deeper to the roots of both, it uncovers their intimate relation. Where current thinking puts Science and Art and Religion into three very seperate Venn diagram circles, philosophy encompassess them all if you go deep enough, and that's what the book is about. However; enlightenment cannot help anyone, not even yourself. It is all about the application of wisdom, of philosophy, and that is the author's motive: how philosophy not only unites Science, Art, and Religion, but how it can benefit them all. Anyone interested in TFA and the thinking behind it, owe themselves to read this book.

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