They must spend more money on drugs than calculators in California. The average big-screen TV costs about $20 per YEAR to operate. When was the last time you got a monthly hydro bill for $20? On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:57 AM, Barry Takayesu wrote: > > > > LCD TVs come in much smaller sizes but still consume around 43% more > energy than the old CRTs. However, Californian environmentalists have > determined that TVs in general account for 10% of all energy usage and > have legislated that they must consume 33% less energy by 2011 and 50% > less energy by 2013. Thus new TVs will be more expensive as they try > to meet these higher standards. Wayne Dobson pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx (519) 474-1253 res. (519) 860-2725 cell --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo