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Schwarzenegger set to ban 'energy-guzzling' big screen TVs in California
Daily Mail ^ | 16th October 2009 | David Gardner

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: electronics; energy; nannystate; schnitzelwagger
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1 posted on 10/16/2009 9:28:44 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

What BS!


2 posted on 10/16/2009 9:30:20 PM PDT by unkus
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To: kingattax

Grey Davis is twice the man that arnold is.


3 posted on 10/16/2009 9:31:18 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: kingattax

How do they enforce it?

i call this really really stupid. Ah-nold is a dum bass.


4 posted on 10/16/2009 9:31:32 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: kingattax

i bet we get his skeletor wife on film watching a big screen soon


5 posted on 10/16/2009 9:32:20 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom ;))
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To: unkus

BS is what you do when you can’t do anything important like balance a budget.


6 posted on 10/16/2009 9:33:07 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: kingattax
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.

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.

7 posted on 10/16/2009 9:33:10 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: kingattax

Thought this was The Onion...


8 posted on 10/16/2009 9:33:43 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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Arnold has gone ‘round the bend. Out political bettors are nuts.


9 posted on 10/16/2009 9:33:45 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: kingattax

Could be good for Best Buy stores in Nevada.


10 posted on 10/16/2009 9:34:07 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: unkus
I believe that you're right and that it is BS. I saw that reference to smaller "cathode ray" models and couldn't believe what I was seeing. CRTs (cathode ray tubes) are the picture tubes of older TVs and require considerably more power than the large flat screen televisions. Considerable energy is required to heat the cathode and, in addition, a modulated electron stream is necessary to paint the picture on the CRT's face.

Whoever came up with this was not qualified to come up with it.

11 posted on 10/16/2009 9:35:31 PM PDT by davisfh ( Islam is a very serious mental and social illness)
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To: kingattax

I’m sure he has done away with all his energy consuming products.


12 posted on 10/16/2009 9:35:41 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: kingattax

So when will Maria purchase her 50 sq ft model?


13 posted on 10/16/2009 9:36:30 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: kingattax

Just when I thought Kalifornia couldn’t get any nuttier.


14 posted on 10/16/2009 9:37:23 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
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To: Grizzled Bear

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).


15 posted on 10/16/2009 9:38:11 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: Proud2BeRight

Better yet, Oregon. - no sales tax!


16 posted on 10/16/2009 9:41:25 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: celtic gal

I wish I could shove a “peak” at socialist America.


17 posted on 10/16/2009 9:41:53 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: kingattax

The govt doesn’t produce ONE Joule of energy. What f’ing business is it of their’s , who consumes how much !?


18 posted on 10/16/2009 9:47:35 PM PDT by libh8er
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In a world first, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has given his backing to the crackdown on sets more than 40 inches wide.

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.......

19 posted on 10/16/2009 9:48:45 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: mamelukesabre

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.


20 posted on 10/16/2009 9:50:38 PM PDT by uncitizen (I'm mad as hell and i'm not gonna take it anymore!!)
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