GOOD: Vampire Energy

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For Earth Day 2008, GOOD warns about your household appliances that suck energy just by being plugged in, even if they aren't turned on. We call this wicked waste of power "Vampire Energy." WAHAHAHA!

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• power
• vampire
• energy
• waste
• environment
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[hitachi088]

33 Watt when Off for a computer ? are you retarded ? they are talking about a 90's computer because now , a normal computer suck less that 10watt when OFF.

And everything is Energy Star , even my old 486 was energy star .

[vlada881]

Yea, and then your economic growth eats more energy and theres nothing left to show. Bye bye.

[percygoff614]

This is a very "worried" video. =p

[LoDiSKuNGenN]

REALLY BADD COMERCIAL.... this made me less caring about vampire energy because its so cheap

[deprogramr]

tear everything down, incinerate all man-made objects, set all debts to zero, give everyone a plot of land evenly distributed, give us all one stick each......and go.....

[rich0319726]

@hitachi088 Yeop, you are correct, but the video doesn't mention their electric charge per KWH does it? My 7 year old computer uses only 5.4 watts in standbye, or 4.2 when turned off, but plugged in. In standbye mode, that's $2.88 per year at 6.1 cents per KWH if just in standbye mode 24/7.

[rich0319726]

Actually, where I live in the USA, a device that uses 1.4 watts like you use as an example, 365, would be 1.4w x 8760 hours per year divided 1000 watts to a Kwh = 12.26 x 6.1 cents per Kwh = 74.81 cents a year (1/2 of your quote). Even less are are cell phone chargers left plugged in with no phone, using 0.1 or <0.1 watts. Hardly worth the USA campaign to unplug them at like 5 cents per year. I suggest people look at larger items that are off using energy, like cable boxes, DVD palyers, tv..

[HaniOsman99]

This video is too dogey and needs help :'#

[drackxman]

This is the Biggest Crock ! ! !