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How will California’s new TV energy standards affect you?

By: dustgeer

On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission approved new energy-efficiency standards to regulate how much electricity television sets sold in the state can consume.   When do the standards take effect? Jan. 1, 2011, with more stringent rules kicking in two years later.   Do they apply to the TV sets I currently own?  No. ...

18 days ago

Advanced battery electric vehicles coming to Arizona in 2010

By: jstack6

Arizona is one of a few cities that will get the new all electric advanced battery Nissan LEAF. It can go 100 miles on a charge, has a top speed of 80 mph and cost about the same as a normal sedan. The best part is it costs 4 times less to operate than a gas or diesel vehicle. It doesn't use any imported oil or make any pollution. This vehicle ...

about 1 month ago

We Are Not Doing Enough To Prepare For Peak Oil

By: jdangjenn

The United States is not doing enough to prepare for coming oil shortages that could seriously affect our way of life. Serious oil shortages might be right around the corner because the world may have reached or passed what is known as Peak Oil. Peak Oil is the point at which the world has reached maximum oil production. After Peak Oil the ...

19 days ago

LCS of 5 Minister About The transfer Industry Hours will be revoked

By: arieprawira

Jakarta, 5 Nov 2009 - The government will revoke the Joint Decree (SKB) five Ministers of the electrical load optimization through the transfer of work time in industrial sector in Java and Bali. LCS will be revoked in January 2010. “About early January next year,” said Director General of Electricity and Energy Utilization, J ...

about 1 month ago