http://www.climatepath.org/taxonomy/term/22 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.climatepath.org/conservation/articles/vampireappliances <p>In the old days, an "off" switch meant just that. The machine in question was no longer thinking, no longer needed power. </p> <p>These days, unfortunately, most everything is designed to be always-on, comes with a remote control, or offers functions that require a constant "listening". You never knows when you might wake up from a deep sleep and want to nuke a burrito, or fire up that blender! Your DVD player can't be sure when you'll press Play. Your cell phone charger sits at the ready, drawing a small bit of power in hopes you might match it up with your phone. And your PC faithfully blinks at you, ready to boot up at a moments notice.</p> <p>(Assistant: "Sir, these lights keep blinking out of sequence, what should we do?" Shatner: "Get them to blink in sequence!")</p> <p><a href="http://www.climatepath.org/conservation/articles/vampireappliances">read more</a></p> http://www.climatepath.org/conservation/articles/vampireappliances#comments Green Lifestyle Products Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:11:13 +0000 katy 41 at http://www.climatepath.org