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diogen

2006-12-19, 01:45 PM

All you gadget geeks can breath a sigh of relief:
it ain't your gadgets that drive up the hydro bill.

For more go here (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116603460189049162-04zk0DLUxdchdcCNfF4I_Q8jDZU_20071218.html?mod=blogs).

Diogen.

que3jxp

2007-01-01, 06:50 PM

Interesting...

This part:

After running my experiment, I feel confident pronouncing that gadgets don't deserve the real blame for our nation's mounting electric use. Rather, how about the fact that our houses are getting bigger and bigger: According to the National Association of Home Builders, the average size of a new home now tops 2,400 square feet, up from 1,645 square feet in 1975. The impulse to blame our gadgets for higher energy bills is a testament to our ambivalence of how they've transformed our lives -- an outlet, if you will, for the unease we sometimes feel at how thoroughly things have changed.

although off topic, is probably more revealing and at the same time a catalyst to the real problem. That being that all of the extra space in the house has "caused" me to increase the number of PCs/HTPCs and other miscelaneous electronic devices past what is perhaps truly necessary.


Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums > Consumer Electronics and Home Computing > Home Computing > WSJ: "A Hunt for Energy Hogs" PDA : WSJ: "A Hunt for Energy Hogs" diogen 2006-12-19, 01:45 PM All you gadget geeks can breath a sigh of relief: it ain't your gadgets that drive up the hydro bill. For more go here (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116603460189049162-04zk0DLUxdchdcCNfF4I_Q8jDZU_20071218.html?mod=blogs). Diogen. 57 2006-12-19, 02:47 PM http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=35430 http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=45036 que3jxp 2007-01-01, 06:50 PM Interesting... This part: After running my experiment, I feel confident pronouncing that gadgets don't deserve the real blame for our nation's mounting electric use. Rather, how about the fact that our houses are getting bigger and bigger: According to the National Association of Home Builders, the average size of a new home now tops 2,400 square feet, up from 1,645 square feet in 1975. The impulse to blame our gadgets for higher energy bills is a testament to our ambivalence of how they've transformed our lives -- an outlet, if you will, for the unease we sometimes feel at how thoroughly things have changed. although off topic, is probably more revealing and at the same time a catalyst to the real problem. That being that all of the extra space in the house has "caused" me to increase the number of PCs/HTPCs and other miscelaneous electronic devices past what is perhaps truly necessary.