[opendtv] Re: California Prepares to Limit TV Energy Use
- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:40:30 -0400
Ron Economos wrote:
> California is the most populated state in the
> Union, withabout 37 million residents or about
> 12 million households.If one 200 watt TV is on
> in each household during primetime, that's 2.4
> gigawatts, or about twice as much as you need
> to be propelled back to the future in a
> DeLorean.
The way I see it, not having a DeLorean and therefore not appreciating the
amount of oomph it took to go back to the future, what really matters is
percentages. Compared to, say, regular light bulbs, the power draw of one or
two TVs on for a few hours a day is small. Never mind HVAC systems, water
heaters, and electric stoves. Never mind the supposedly 300 mpg so-called
"plug-in hybrids." And Peter makes a good point about IPTV as well.
I would have expected that instead of obsessing over the power draw of TVs and
the temporarily used DTV STBs, the greens would obsess first over light bulbs.
For instance.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the aggregate power usage of TVs and STBs were
much less than plain old line loss, through AC RF radiation and grounding
issues throughout the grid.
So I'm with Cliff. (Not to say that paying attention to every electric
appliance is a bad thing, of course.)
Bert
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