Thursday, July 30, 2009

LED energy thieves

I bought a toaster that has LED readouts. They're always on when the toaster is plugged in. My printer, my modem, my gateway, my stereo, my oven, my microwave, and other appliances all have them. On the night of a new moon with thick cloud cover, I can walk around my house with all the lights out and see perfectly by the light of the LEDs. All these appliances keep draining power, 24/7. It's like the food industry designing food to spoil faster so you'll buy more sooner, or a car that keeps using gas even when you're not driving. Not only do I dislike the light pollution, in a world where our energy policy should be conservation conservation conservation, these LED machines with their power draining standby modes are insidious leeches. Lisa has been trying to get me to put power strips on everything, or better yet, a master switch that turns them all off. If I'm going to preach the evils of these little parasites, then I dern well better get on it.

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