National Vampire Awareness Day
Oct 31, 2008 | Categorized Under: Gadgets, Thoughts | | CommentsSo looks like my local, but giant, electronic store Best Buy has declared October 30th as the National Vampire Awareness Day. According to the best buy, 40 percent of all the electricity used are wasted by electronic devices and appliiances that are just plugged in just for the convenience and nothing more – meaning these gadgets are not being used during these times. About $4 billion could be easily saved if these electricity powered gadgets are not only turned off but also not plugged-in.
The worst energy sucking electronics are plasma tvs, computers, DVRs, and adapters for mp3 players and cell phones.
I thought it is pretty interesting to note that the chargers we use for our cell phones, mp3 players and laptops use only 5 percent of the power they draw for charging; the rest of the 95 percent are just practically for nothing more than for wasting.
A typical US household spends an average of $1300 ever year on energy bills. Experts recommend using power strip so you can easily turn off many devices at the same time. But I wonder if unplugging the power strip entirely would help more.