This is very unlikely to be true, that one can justify
getting a new TV to save electricity for the sake of the world.
To save on your own bills will also take a very long time.
People seldom do the arithmetic on this. When the first
gas crisis occurred(in the 1970s) I did some calculation
of how long it would take to recoup the purchase price
of getting a more fuel-efficient car. After that, I kept
right on driving the car I had--it was going to take forever
in terms of the lives of cars.
Saving energy is good. Stop having children--that is where
the real energy and carbon footprint is.
Robert
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012, David Pickett wrote:
At 10:22 15/04/2012, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
On 15 Apr 2012, at 15:57, David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> wrote:
At 19:14 14/04/2012, JEFF SILBERMAN wrote:
> I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now.
Is that really so? My tv wont die. I dont use it for anything than
videos, but I see no need to replace it simply because it takes up a
lot of space.
Well, there's also the issue of picture quality and energy consumption
(direct and indirect, because in the summer people often crank the AC
to get rid of heat, a significant portion of which is generated by TV,
Computer, etc.).
I am not one of those people to have the television on when I am not watching
it. Also, like my Prius, there may be reason to think that the amount I
would save on a flat screen tv doesnt compensate for the ecological
manufacturing costs.
:-)
David
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