Idle Electronics and Appliances Waste $19 Billion Annually, Study Says

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By Yale Environment 360May 8, 2015, 11:00 am133 pts
Roughly $19 billion worth of electricity — an amount equal to the output of 50 large power plants — is devoured annually in Enlarge Idle power usage the U.S. by household electronics and appliances when their owners are not actively using them, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council.…

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