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  • I'm glad I don't live in California.
  • yeah that sucks. I don't have a tv like that anyway.
  • Look like BS to me all I got was ERROR 404-FILE NOT FOUND. Maybe cause I live in Ca.
  • I don't see why this should be bullshit: they are trying to spare energy. I find this very sensible. "The California Energy Commission is proceeding with a proposal this summer to ban the sale of TV sets that do not meet new efficiency standards when they are turned on and displaying a picture — a measure of power consumption that is not currently regulated at all. But the market and technological advances may already be advancing this goal, as large-screen plasma sets fall out of favor and LCDs become more energy efficient. The CEC proposal is set up as a two-tiered system. The first enforces efficiency standards beginning in 2011 and would save 3,831 gigawatt hours (and bring down overall TV energy consumption by 33%) by placing a cap on the active mode power usage (in watts) of individual TVs. Current standards in California only regulate TVs in standby mode, at a cap of 3.0 watts. According to the Commission, energy used in standby mode only represents about 5 percent of all TV energy consumption." Source and further information: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/03/california-tv/ Also, they are not banning the installed devices, they just want to stop the sales for the new ones.
  • I agree. +5
  • I don't live in California but I too got: Error 404 - Not Found
  • Yeah it is since California is one of the few states in the US that could go totally solar and hasn't due to power companies writing the zoning laws that keep out solar panels. Seriously why the Californians don't revolt and just get solar and abandon the power company grid, I don't know.
  • First off, there is a way to put a *usable* link attached to a question. The first couple of times I tried to select/copy/paste, I got a 404 error. Look at it like this though. There are MANY people in CA but the power distribution system has it's limits and upgrading it would be very costly. Also, you missed a couple of things; "But the market and technological advances may already be advancing this goal, as large-screen plasma sets fall out of favor and LCDs become more energy efficient." "[M]ost of the TVs that would be banned by the proposal would be larger TVs that are already losing steam in the market anyway." With the market swinging away from the power-hungry Plasma and towards the more efficient LCD even before this measure, it's really moot! Then again, it's easier to hoot and holler and get your panties in a bunch about a new/proposed law than it is to read it and understand it. The same applies to taxes, health care, and pretty much anything happening in DC.

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