[opendtv] Re: News: FCC Floats Cash-For-TV-Spectrum Scheme
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:56:11 -0500
John Shutt wrote:
> First, the "million watt" TV transmitters is an ERP number, not an
> electricity consumption number.
>
> Second, the big screen TVs spend much more time watching cable or
> DBS than OTA.
And third, the RF energy density impinging on humans using these handheld
two-way devices far exceeds the energy density created by the broadcast
stations. So by anything resembling logic, the proliferation of ever
broad-er-band RF handheld devices can hardly be considered "green."
Bert
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