Demand for consumer electronics is injecting vitality to the economy, but the flip side is that a conspicuously consuming population also boosts energy demand. According to a new report:
In 1982, only three percent of homes had a personal computer compared to 60 percent today. Similarly, printer ownership has shot up to 58 percent from 0.7 percent.
Houses often have more than one TV and people are buying more large screen sets that use more energy, the report says.
By 2020, televisions on standby will consume 1.4 percent of all domestic electricity, the report predicts.
This weekend I read in the Economist, that according to BP, the US had 15 years of oil reserves left, I wonder what the spike in adoption of gadgets and gizmos does to that stat.
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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Jul 4th
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