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EU to ban energy-guzzling plasma TVs

Written by Rene Millman
Monday, 12 January 2009
According to Brussels bureaucrats, plasma TVs could be banned from the nation's living rooms for being too energy inefficient. According to reports from the Independent on Sunday, the government is drawing up plans for minimum performance standards for TV that would be agreed across the EU by spring. Plasma televisions are said to use four times the amount of energy that an old cathode ray tube telly uses. A 42-inch plasma TV uses 822kwh of energy compared to 350kwh by an LCD screen. Plasma TVs have been described as the 4x4s of the living room. According to EU ministers, "Minimum energy performance standards for televisions are expected to be agreed across Europe this spring, and this should lead to phasing out the most inefficient TVs". There is also expected to be a mandatory labelling system developed to help in identifying which devices consume the most energy. Link: The Independent Related news The lights go out for the humble light bulb Motorola unveils recycled mobile Review: Advent Eco PC O2 charges ahead with energy savings Water-powered car finally hits the shops

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