Posted on 10/16/2009 9:28:44 PM PDT by kingattax
Big screen plasma televisions are to be banned in California because they use too much energy.
In a world first, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has given his backing to the crackdown on sets more than 40 inches wide.
These liquid crystal display and plasma high definition sets can use as much as three times the power of smaller cathode ray models.
Experts say the ban will reduce the state's rocketing electricity bill by £5billion over the next decade. This is the equivalent of about £20 a set per year. Environmentalists have applauded the move by the California Energy Commission, but manufacturers claim consumers will be hit in the pocket as they rush to switch sets.
The move is being backed by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger About a quarter of televisions currently available will have to be pulled from the shops, according to Doug Johnson of the Consumer Electronics Association.
'Voluntary efforts are succeeding without regulations,' he said. Televisions account for about 10 per cent of residential energy use in California, the state with the highest population in the U.S., driven largely by the surge in sales of large flat screens.
The bigger the set, the more energy they use.
A vote to confirm the proposal could come as soon as November 4.
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What BS!
Grey Davis is twice the man that arnold is.
How do they enforce it?
i call this really really stupid. Ah-nold is a dum bass.
i bet we get his skeletor wife on film watching a big screen soon
BS is what you do when you can’t do anything important like balance a budget.
This kind of makes it sound like the state is furnishing electricity free. No, customers are paying for it same as always. Ahhnold has completely given in to the dark side.
Thought this was The Onion...
Arnold has gone ‘round the bend. Out political bettors are nuts.
Could be good for Best Buy stores in Nevada.
Whoever came up with this was not qualified to come up with it.
I’m sure he has done away with all his energy consuming products.
So when will Maria purchase her 50 sq ft model?
Just when I thought Kalifornia couldn’t get any nuttier.
Well come on folks..don’t you realize that socialists Kalifornia is the window through which you can have a peak at socialist America?? Get with the program ( sarc).
Better yet, Oregon. - no sales tax!
I wish I could shove a “peak” at socialist America.
The govt doesn’t produce ONE Joule of energy. What f’ing business is it of their’s , who consumes how much !?
NEWS FLASH:........
In another world first, LasVegasMac says Gov Arnold Schwarsenschmucker is a first class idiot. A green fool, idiot type.
Hey, your wife doesn't even listen to your crap.......
They Socialist/Communists are reminding us that they know what is going on in our homes and they have control over us there. In our living rooms and our bathrooms too. (Recall the toilet paper restrictions that are being considered? No soft TP for anyone!)
They know what we purchase as you know.
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