Andy Wade wrote:

And then there's digital set-top boxes that don't really have to be left
in standby all the time, but usually are. 7+ million $ky boxes at ~20 W

20 seems a bit excessive.... I spose it keeps the RF/IF/Demod side alive
to receive downloads etc.

a piece is a mere 140 MW down the drain. If you assume 16 hours a day
unnecessary usage that translates to around 3 PJ (petajoules) of
electricity per year, or say ~10 PJ of primary energy (= something like
a quarter of a million tonnes of oil equivalent).

So Rupert Murdoch really may result in the end of civilisation as we
know it... oh hang on a minute, that might happen even without global
warming!

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Cheers,

John.

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