[LINK] Australian energy efficiency standards for personalcomputers and monitors

[Pilcher, Fred]

Tom wrote: 
> At 03:47 PM 16/10/2007, Pilcher, Fred wrote:
> >... one of the major power wasters is the plethora of 
> transformers that 
> >I need to keep plugged in. ...
> 
> Yes. The Chinese government requires new mobile phones to use 
> a standard USB plug for charging, as of 14 June 2007. This 
> should save energy, as having one charger plugged in to 
> charge all mobile the phones in a household will be more efficient:

There's something to be said for totalitarian governent. ;-)

Would anyone care to do some back-of-the-envelope calcs about how much
energy that might save? And then there's the manufacturing cost,
transport cost, cost of waste disposal, etc.

Fred 
  
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