[opendtv] Re: EPA tightens up power specs for PCs
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:36:52 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
You mean like (ex) President Clinton's friends like Dingell of Michigan?
CAFE (corporate average fuel efficiency) was proposed to be extended to SUVs
and such in the mid 1990's. Didn't happen, due to lifetime NRA member "J.
Edgar" Dingell. Then, there's Carl Levin (uncredited author of the Patriot
Act.)
John (not a Republican, but once a Dem) Willkie
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>From: "Richard C. Ramsden" <ramsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Oct 24, 2006 8:03 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: EPA tightens up power specs for PCs
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>You'll have to ask a certain President's friends.
>
>Albert Manfredi wrote:
>> Who says everyone's picking only on DTT STBs? (Although not complying
>> with Energy Star does not ban a product outright.)
>>
>> "The EPA estimated the new specs could save U.S. households and
>> businesses more than $1.8 billion in energy costs over the next five
>> years and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equal to the annual
>> emissions of 2.7 million cars."
>>
>> Sorry, but this is just too hard to resist. If they're so scrupulous
>> about saving the equivalent of merely 2.7 million "cars" worth of
>> annual CO2 emissions with this new PC energy star thing, why on earth
>> isn't the EPA instead making privately owned SUVs, trucks, and
>> minivans comply with the automobile CAFE requirements? That would save
>> closer to 17 million "cars" worth of annual CO2 emissions.
>>
>> (About 150 million privately-owned "cars," about 1/3 of them are such
>> vehicles, and these require about 1/3 more fuel on average than
>> average CAFE-compliant cars. These are guesstimates, but I don't think
>> they're very far off.)
>>
>> Bert
>>
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>> EPA tightens up power specs for PCs
>>
>> Rick Merritt
>> (10/24/2006 12:01 AM EDT)
>> URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193401593
>>
>> GREAT NECK, N.Y. ? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
>> announced Tuesday (Oct 24) the first update in seven years to its
>> Energy Star program for power saving PCs. On average, the revised
>> requirements for the Energy Star program will require PCs to be 65
>> percent more power efficient than current models.
>>
>> The new requirements call for improved efficiency across all modes of
>> a computer's operation. The specifications mandate more efficient
>> internal and external power supplies for PCs that want to get an
>> Energy Star logo.
>>
>> The EPA estimated the new specs could save U.S. households and
>> businesses more than $1.8 billion in energy costs over the next five
>> years and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equal to the annual
>> emissions of 2.7 million cars.
>>
>> The newly published Version 4.0. Tier 1 specification for computers
>> will go into effect on July 20, 2007. It will replace the Version 3.0,
>> Tier 2 specification that has been in effect since July 2000.
>>
>> Intel Corp. and other companies were quick to announce they will
>> provide desktop and laptop products to support the new Energy Star
>> requirements in time for the July 2007 roll out. Intel also said it
>> will work with the EPA to hammer out a simplified program aimed at
>> helping unbranded PC assemblers qualify for the logo.
>>
>> "Intel continues to work closely with the EPA and other worldwide
>> organizations to develop and deliver energy-efficient technologies,"
>> said Rob Crooke, Intel vice president and business computing group
>> general manager, in a prepared statement. "The new ENERGY STAR
>> specification provides a meaningful step forward in identifying more
>> energy-efficient PCs," he added.
>>
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