Vampire Enegry

GOOD Transparency Issueoo8 Jan/Feb o8 Vampire Energy Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something. These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you-assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Red lines show passive standby mode; blue lines show active standby mode. Radio 13.1 ($1.44) Cordless V phone base station 28.9 ($3.18) LCD monitor 22.8 ($2.51) Computer 311.0 ($34.21) Laptop 144.5 ($15.90) Laser 113.0 ($12.43) printer Plasma TV 1.452.4 ($159.76) VCR 92.0 ($10.12) DVD player 78.8 ($8.67) Game 233.9 ($25.73) console Convection microwave 35.0 ($3.85) Rechargeable toothbrush Vampire energy is estimated to cost U.S. consumers $3 billion a year. 12.3 ($1.35) SOURCES 2005 Intrusive Residential Standby Service Report: Department of Energy GOOD Transparency Issueoo8 Jan/Feb o8 Vampire Energy Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something. These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you-assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Red lines show passive standby mode; blue lines show active standby mode. Radio 13.1 ($1.44) Cordless V phone base station 28.9 ($3.18) LCD monitor 22.8 ($2.51) Computer 311.0 ($34.21) Laptop 144.5 ($15.90) Laser 113.0 ($12.43) printer Plasma TV 1.452.4 ($159.76) VCR 92.0 ($10.12) o0000 DVD player 78.8 ($8.67) Game 233.9 ($25.73) console Convection microwave 35.0 ($3.85) Rechargeable toothbrush Vampire energy is estimated to cost U.S. consumers $3 billion a year. 12.3 ($1.35) SOURCES 2005 Intrusive ResidentialStandby Service Report; Department of Energy ENJ GOOD Transparency Issueoo8 Jan/Feb o8 Vampire Energy Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something. These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you-assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Red lines show passive standby mode; blue lines show active standby mode. Radio 13.1 ($1.44) Cordless V phone base station 28.9 ($3.18) LCD monitor 22.8 ($2.51) Computer 311.0 ($34.21) Laptop 144.5 ($15.90) Laser 113.0 ($12.43) printer Plasma TV 1.452.4 ($159.76) VCR 92.0 ($10.12) o0000 DVD player 78.8 ($8.67) Game 233.9 ($25.73) console Convection microwave 35.0 ($3.85) Rechargeable toothbrush Vampire energy is estimated to cost U.S. consumers $3 billion a year. 12.3 ($1.35) SOURCES 2005 Intrusive ResidentialStandby Service Report; Department of Energy ENJ GOOD Transparency Issueoo8 Jan/Feb o8 Vampire Energy Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something. These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you-assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Red lines show passive standby mode; blue lines show active standby mode. Radio 13.1 ($1.44) Cordless V phone base station 28.9 ($3.18) LCD monitor 22.8 ($2.51) Computer 311.0 ($34.21) Laptop 144.5 ($15.90) Laser 113.0 ($12.43) printer Plasma TV 1.452.4 ($159.76) VCR 92.0 ($10.12) o0000 DVD player 78.8 ($8.67) Game 233.9 ($25.73) console Convection microwave 35.0 ($3.85) Rechargeable toothbrush Vampire energy is estimated to cost U.S. consumers $3 billion a year. 12.3 ($1.35) SOURCES 2005 Intrusive ResidentialStandby Service Report; Department of Energy ENJ GOOD Transparency Issueoo8 Jan/Feb o8 Vampire Energy Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something. These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you-assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Red lines show passive standby mode; blue lines show active standby mode. Radio 13.1 ($1.44) Cordless V phone base station 28.9 ($3.18) LCD monitor 22.8 ($2.51) Computer 311.0 ($34.21) Laptop 144.5 ($15.90) Laser 113.0 ($12.43) printer Plasma TV 1.452.4 ($159.76) VCR 92.0 ($10.12) o0000 DVD player 78.8 ($8.67) Game 233.9 ($25.73) console Convection microwave 35.0 ($3.85) Rechargeable toothbrush Vampire energy is estimated to cost U.S. consumers $3 billion a year. 12.3 ($1.35) SOURCES 2005 Intrusive ResidentialStandby Service Report; Department of Energy ENJ GOOD Transparency Issueoo8 Jan/Feb o8 Vampire Energy Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something. These numbers are for average standby modes, showing how much electricity is sucked out annually, in kilowatt hours, and what it costs you-assuming 11 cents per kilowatt hour. Red lines show passive standby mode; blue lines show active standby mode. Radio 13.1 ($1.44) Cordless V phone base station 28.9 ($3.18) LCD monitor 22.8 ($2.51) Computer 311.0 ($34.21) Laptop 144.5 ($15.90) Laser 113.0 ($12.43) printer Plasma TV 1.452.4 ($159.76) VCR 92.0 ($10.12) o0000 DVD player 78.8 ($8.67) Game 233.9 ($25.73) console Convection microwave 35.0 ($3.85) Rechargeable toothbrush Vampire energy is estimated to cost U.S. consumers $3 billion a year. 12.3 ($1.35) SOURCES 2005 Intrusive ResidentialStandby Service Report; Department of Energy ENJ