Environmental alarms raised over consumer electronics

[Chris_]

Environmental alarms raised over consumer electronics

Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear?

The choice might not be quite that stark, but an energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the soaring electricity needs of gadgets like MP3 players, mobile phones and flat screen TVs.

In a report Wednesday, the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours, the equivalent of today's home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined.

The world would have to build around 200 new nuclear power plants just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs and other home electronics expected to be plugged in by 2030, when the global electric bill to power them will rise to $200 billion a year, the IEA said.

Consumer electronics is "the fastest growing area and it's the area with the least amount of policies in place" to control energy efficiency, said Paul Waide, a senior policy analyst at the IEA.

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Existing technologies could slash gadgets' energy consumption by more than 30 percent at no cost or by more than 50 percent at a small cost, the IEA estimates, meaning total greenhouse gas emissions from households' electronic gadgets could be held stable at around 500 million tons of CO2 per year.

I blame liberals.  All that exhaling is killing the planet.  Those who are true to their cause should stop immediately.   

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[JohnnyReb]

Everyone is concerned about how much CO2 is in the atmosphere.... not me.
I'm worried about how much oxygen is in the atmosphere. When the oxygen runs out, who cares how hot are cold it is.

Seriously....or seriesly for the DUmmies....what's the percentage of oxygen now compared to .....well, as far back as modern atmospheric measurements go.

[docstew]

Hate to burst your bubble, but Oxygen is the single most prevalent element on the planet.  Admittedly, most of it's locked up in silica aka sand, but it's there.  To the best of my knowledge, the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere is about 21%.

[Baruch Menachem]

I blame liberals.  All that exhaling is killing the planet.  Those who are true to their cause should stop immediately.   

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Inhaling is a problem too.  Or in Clinton's case, not inhaling, or whatever.  Monica had no problem inhaling.

[NHSparky]

Hate to burst your bubble, but Oxygen is the single most prevalent element on the planet.  Admittedly, most of it's locked up in silica aka sand, but it's there.  To the best of my knowledge, the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere is about 21%.

If you're speaking of the crust, you're correct--however, of the entire earth, Iron is the most common element.

[Chris]

I blame liberals.  All that exhaling is killing the planet.  Those who are true to their cause should stop immediately.   

But liberals are better than regular people because they even recycle their farts...

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[NHSparky]

So should I feel guilty because I'm upstairs on my 21" monitor typing this while my 42" LCD TV is on downstairs?

If you said yes, get used to disappointment.

[Chris_]

Wanna see NeoCommie heads assplode?  Just wait until somebody tells them about this article, and then asks them what they think plugging an electric car into the wall socket is gonna do for the environment.

 

[Happy Fun Ball]

[Celtic Rose]

Wanna see NeoCommie heads assplode?  Just wait until somebody tells them about this article, and then asks them what they think plugging an electric car into the wall socket is gonna do for the environment.

 

That is the thing that cracks me up about electric cars.  Libs act like they are going to save the world, while they complain about electricity usage.  Personally, I'll be keeping my iPhone charged.

[JohnnyReb]

Wanna see NeoCommie heads assplode?  Just wait until somebody tells them about this article, and then asks them what they think plugging an electric car into the wall socket is gonna do for the environment.

 

Pollution free electricity comes from giant holes in the ground that the power companies own. ....didn't you know that?