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Vampire Energy Costing Consumers $3 Billion A Year

Vampire Energy Costing Consumers $3 Billion A Year

By Jeff Squires on December 17, 2007

Good Magazine has a great graphic depicting the economic implications of leaving appliances plugged in for an entire year. We all know that a minuscule amount of energy is being consumed just by leaving a device plugged in – but, an average consumer with a reasonable electronics collection will waste around $300 leaving all those gadgets plugged in year round. Thats 2,500 kilowatt hours completely wasted!

Those of you with a plasma TVs, take notice…

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