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Old 03-19-2008, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen View Post
My power bill was about $800 last year. You're saying that my DVD player was responsible for 1/8th of my power consumption?.
Brain-fart by Matt I guess, it's about that per year for ALL your domestic aplpiances standby modes. ( £40 in the UK )

Re sea rise, the aspect often missed by may is that the sea is salinated ... so if it starts to leach into farming land then there is a loss of sustainable food production. Not a major issue for the US with so much inland, but UK Norfolk woudl suffer
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