"Bill Kearney" wrote in message
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One of the reason for the oil and energy shortages. The average home
uses
4x the power of 20 years ago. Those nice Plasma TV's on their own
consume
4x the energy of a CRT TV.

Uh no, generally it's about 2x. But also consider you're not getting a
50"
CRT so you're not making a direct comparision. This has little to do with
added energy consumption, at least not for oil. That's more attributable
to
automobile use, not residential energy consumption. So don't spout junk
science.


Not junk science. Our cars are more efficient over 10 years ago, but look
at the increase in number of cars, amount of plastic packaging, amount of
computers, etc.