Category Archives: Power consumption

We’re All Going To Die

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

That’s the the title of a recent editorial in Geare magazine (#56, July/August 2009) from Jez Ford, one of my editors. If you met Jez, you’d learn instantly that he is most certainly not a doom and gloom kind of … Continue reading →

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Regulations got around, as usual

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

A while back some or other agency of the Australian government was talking about banning TVs that were threatening to destroy the planet. Something about using too much power, and therefore causing too much carbon dioxide to be generated. As … Continue reading →

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Greenery

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Stephen Dawson

Recently I purchased a power meter. What with environmental concerns, and the Australian greenhouse agency making noises about banning certain TVs that fail to use sufficiently small amounts of power, I figured that it was something I really ought to … Continue reading →

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