Read more energy consumption stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25654/energy-consumption.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72804/california-plans-ban-on-power-guzzling-tvs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe consumer electronics industry is kicking hard against California's plans to introduce energy consumption maximums for TV sets. An industry lobby group argues that buyers should be allowed to decide whether they want a power-hungry flat-screen TV set or not, and warns that the move could cost the state jobs...http://www.newser.com/story/72804/california-plans-ban-on-power-guzzling-tvs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 3:54:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70794/human-blood-fuels-new-light-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFiguring that people would use less electricity if they had to cut themselves to turn on the light, a British designer has cooked up the “blood lamp.” The ingenious bulb is full of luminol, a chemical forensic scientists use to check crime scenes for blood, LiveScience explains. Just crack open...http://www.newser.com/story/70794/human-blood-fuels-new-light-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 10:18:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69810/flat-screen-tvs-must-use-less-energy-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMove over Hummer, there's a new energy-hogging villain in town—flat-screen TVs. California yesterday became the first state to mandate better energy efficiency for televisions, reports the San Jose Mercury News . All sets sold there must reduce consumption 30% by 2011 and 50% by 2013. The industry is outraged, but...http://www.newser.com/story/69810/flat-screen-tvs-must-use-less-energy-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 13:40:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63842/eu-slaps-gas-firms-with-15b-fine-for-price-fixing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe European Union's powerful competition commissioner slapped two energy companies with record fines of $1.53 billion today for cartel misbehavior. GDF Suez and E.ON, two of the world's biggest gas producers, colluded to avoid competition in French and German energy markets and drive up prices. It's the first...http://www.newser.com/story/63842/eu-slaps-gas-firms-with-15b-fine-for-price-fixing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 5:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56365/spam-doesnt-waste-energy-humans-do.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA recent study that equates spam’s carbon footprint to that of a whopping 2.4 million homes is fascinating, but completely wrong, Jeremy Kaplan writes in PC Magazine . The researchers traced most of the energy usage to the end user’s computer, but that energy-waster would probably be left on even...http://www.newser.com/story/56365/spam-doesnt-waste-energy-humans-do.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 12:25:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56271/energy-wasting-spam-also-a-pain-in-the-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpam e-mails consume 20% of companies' energy budgets, enough collectively to run 2.4 million houses, says a study commissioned by the security firm McAfee. Most of the waste results from end users sifting through the 62 trillion junk items sent annually, eWeek reports. Eliminating spam would be the equivalent...http://www.newser.com/story/56271/energy-wasting-spam-also-a-pain-in-the-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 15:31:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52290/apple-revamps-desktops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple today announced updates to its desktop line: All computers got a boost in energy efficiency and meet upcoming EnergyStar 5.0 regulations, CNET reports. Prices dropped on some models as well: The new Mac Pros start at $2,499 and feature Intel Xeon processors; the iMac now starts at...http://www.newser.com/story/52290/apple-revamps-desktops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 12:45:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/30446/eu-will-ban-incandescent-bulbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015.http://www.newser.com/story/30446/eu-will-ban-incandescent-bulbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 14:07:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30409/at-last-us-gas-consumption-starts-to-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe price of gasoline quadrupled over the last decade, but Americans responded by driving more and more in ever-larger gas guzzlers as if nothing had changed. But $4 gas combined with an economic black hole may have finally gotten the message across, reports the New York Times, as American gasoline...http://www.newser.com/story/30409/at-last-us-gas-consumption-starts-to-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 8:07:06 CDT