Energy Vampires.

Televisions,computers, monitors,printers and other equipment silently suck electricity from your homes even when we think we've turned them off. The "instant on" features of T.Vs and other displays actually meas in the device in a persistent stand-by mode, constantly drawing a trickle of electricity and wasting an estimated 43 billion kilowatts a year."Even shutting appliances down for seven to eight hours a night can save the average home owner a hundred dollars a year"

I've heard that as well. I also heard just simply having your cell phone charger always plugged into the wall (without your phone charging in it) wastes a lot of electricity too.

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