[Beave Meister]

Oh the humanity........

[Gen.Blather]

“Your iPhone Uses More Energy Than Your Refrigerator”

That’s only if you use it for cold calls...

[knarf]

I never thought of it that way ... interesting.

[goodwithagun]

I believe the proper FReeper phrase is oh the huge manatee! Lol!

[Focault's Pendulum]

According to Mark Mills, CEO of the Digital Power Group and author of the report titled “The Cloud Begins With Coal"

I be stealing that!

[rfp1234]

Oh, so that’s why Algore uses private jets instead of teleconferencing.
The planes use up less energy. [\s]

[a fool in paradise]

Is your iPhone running?

[a fool in paradise]

In fact, the claim is that IT now uses 10% of the world’s electricity:

All the more reason NOT to use electricity to power cars when other options are available.

[a fool in paradise]

The global digital economy, also known as the ICT system (information-communications-technologies), sucks up as much electricity today as it took to illuminate the entire planet in 1985.

The WHOLE planet STILL is not illuminated.

[SkyDancer]

The iPhone won’t chill beer or white wine. What use is it?

[BereanBrain]

anybody that believes a phone running from a 1200 milli-amp hour battery uses more power than a refrigerator literally should not be allowed to vote.

Really.

And Global Warming is killing us all....and the Government is here to help.

If you really believe a refrigerator uses less power, try plugging your regrigerator into a USB port for a hour or so a day and see how cold your milk will be.

Most refrigerators draw 2,5 or more AMPS of power while running. Just to review a 1000 MilliAmp battery is 1 AMP for 1 Hour. So if your refrigerator uses 5 AMPs, it can only run for 12.5 minutes a day before the battery is 100% exhausted.

People nowadays don’t think for themselves.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

This is one environuttie propaganda campaign that I like, because it will backfire. Good luck selling this to liberals and college kids.

[eclecticEel]

Is this everyone’s iPhone or just Anthony Weiner’s?

[TalBlack]

” That your iPhone, or more exactly your smartphone, uses more electricity than a refrigerator does. “

Good.

Excellent.

[BitWielder1]

What's next? "Telecommuting is using more power than driving your SUV to work"?

[ChildOfThe60s]

steaming pile...no graphic necessary

[animal172]

No problem. If you are an IPhone user, you are exempt.

[WVKayaker]

I cant' carry my fridge in my pocket, though!

Samsung Refrigerators...

Special Apps and Built-in LCD Screen

Keep your kitchen and family organized with special apps made for your refrigerator. Leave notes for your loved ones. Display photos from your Picasa library, mobile phone or SD card. Stay up to date with all your family activities with Google Calendar. Access hundreds of recipes from Epicurious. Plus, get the latest weather and news via Weather Bug and Associated Press. All through Samsung's brilliant, WiFi-enabled 8" LCD screen.

[subterfuge]

And how many trips has my phone saved me driving my 4x4 somewhere?
Not to mention i could be freeping from PC right now.

[mmichaels1970]

If they’re going to count the infrastructure of the phone, they should count the manufacturing, shipping and other infrastructure of the fridge too.