"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
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Well, maybe.

But consider: Replacing how many 100 W incandescent lamps used 6 hours
a day with 25 W equivalent brightness compact fluorescents will it take
to same more energy than used by all those appliances in the house with
standby modes?

When my grandmother got her first color TV (all tube) I modified it so the
tube heaters stayed on all the time. Never took the back off until we
swapped it out for a new model many years later.
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