Kill the Vampires: Advice on Unplugging Electronics

Don't look now, but there are vampires in your house. Energy-sucking vampires more commonly known as "personal electronics." But you can stop these power-thirsty machines from wasting your money -- and trashing the earth -- by taking a few simple steps, as Umbra explains.

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[GristTV]

Leave it to MythBusters to have the final word...

[Rippling0Blade]

lol @ the fool who left his car on.

Anybody who knows anything about car batterys knows that if you leave even your car lights on for a whole night it would drain the battery completely. And the car would need a battery replacement.

[viragom5]

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[heerpal]

the problem with turning off/on is that it tends to reduce the lifespan of devices, often moreso than if the device had just been left on for the same duration. When you consider the massive amounts of energy that goes towards producing some of these devices, shortening their lifespan is equivalent to wasting energy too. Leaving 200W PC on for an entire year costs about $100, but the PC could cost $2000, a cost which mainly consists of the energy and labour required in the PC's manufacture.