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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: russotto@grace.speakeasy.net   
      
   In article ,   
   dr_jeff   wrote:   
   >   
   >Standby power is about 5% of residential use according to DOE   
   >http://standby.lbl.gov/archives/global.html   
      
   Nope, they make no such claim:   
      
     How much power is used for standby in the US?...Worldwide?   
     Nobody knows for sure, but it's typically 5-10% of residential   
     electricity use in most developed countries and a rising fraction in   
     the developing countries (especially in the cities). Standby power in   
     commercial buildings is smaller but still significant. Altogether,   
     standby power use is roughly responsible for 1% of global CO2 emissions.   
      
   They also include in "standby power" the power of things which cannot,   
   by nature, be completely turned off and still accomplish their   
   function: telephones, answering machines, the furnace, etc.   
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