http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/power-saving-televisions-on-the-way/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/power-saving-televisions-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-206996 Kathleen Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:22:18 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=8775#comment-206996 According to energy experts it takes a pound of coal to power a TV for 4 hours. I had been in the habit of having the TV on even though I was totally concentrating on the computer. The second I read about the amount of coal being burnt, I turned off the TV. It took a few hours to get used to not having it on, but it was so much more peaceful without it. Just imagine all the energy not wasted by turning off all those TVs. TV on 12 hours a day = 3 lbs of coal * 365 = 1095 lbs (half a ton). That's 1 TV. According to energy experts it takes a pound of coal to power a TV for 4 hours. I had been in the habit of having the TV on even though I was totally concentrating on the computer. The second I read about the amount of coal being burnt, I turned off the TV. It took a few hours to get used to not having it on, but it was so much more peaceful without it. Just imagine all the energy not wasted by turning off all those TVs. TV on 12 hours a day = 3 lbs of coal * 365 = 1095 lbs (half a ton). That’s 1 TV.

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