On Jan 13, 6:08*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"California's cellphones, tablet computers, power tools and hundreds of
other portable electronic devices will be required to have energy-stingy
battery chargers beginning next year. The California Energy Commission, by a
3-0 vote Thursday, approved first-in-the-nation efficiency standards
designed to drive stakes through the hearts of about 170 million so-called
vampire charging systems that waste as much as 60% of the electricity they
suck from outlets."

"The regulations... are expected to save enough electricity to power 350,000
homes, equivalent to a city the size of Bakersfield."

In my view, Californians would be better off to eliminate Bakersfield. If
you've ever been there, you know what I mean.

http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...ia-regulates-e...

LOL...

The US Department of Energy should tell California to stop with the
foolish
initiatives to AVOID becoming energy independent... The issue is not
one of vampire power demands and eliminating them, it is a power
system
infrastructure which has been built on the basis of and requires
importing
electrical energy into the State of California off the interstate
power grid...

What California needs is more power plants, not more crazy ideas which
*MIGHT* begin to reduce demand in another year, that sort of policy or
regulation does nothing to reduce the actual electrical loads NOW as
it
can not force every citizen to immediately replace all the existing
battery
chargers in use many of which will continue to be used long after the
regulation goes into effect, nor will it do anything at all to help
deal with
all the travelers to California whom will be possessing and using
devices
which don't comply with the new standards...

~~ Evan