In-active devices waste billions of dollars of electricity

ENN
May 7, 2015, 4:31 pm19 pts
Approximately $19 billion worth of electricity, equal to the output of 50 large power plants, is devoured annually by U.S. household electronics, appliances, and other equipment when consumers are not actively using them, according to a groundbreaking study released today by the Natural Resources Defense…

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