Re: Inefficiency is irrelevant
it's generally reckoned that all the TVs we leave on standby require a whole major power station all by themselves
I'm leery of "facts" that are "generally reckoned". Do you have a reliable source for that?
If we banned the power button on TV remotes we could close that station down.
LBL tests showed that CRT TV sets drew an average of 0.18W more when turned "off" via remote, versus off via switch on the set. Generation stations vary widely in their output, of course, so let's assume the general reckoning in question refers to a 1GW station. So you're saying there are 5.5 billion TV sets in use in the US? Seems high to me.
Now, it's certainly possible that LCD TV sets have on average a greater disparity between off-by-remote and off-by-switch-on-set. But it's also quite possible that they don't.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
