Except for its $20 billion budget deficit, California is showing the way to the future for the U.S. Well, come to think of it, maybe we should include the budget deficit.
- Smaller cars
- Less water
- Reduced enforcement of illegal migration
- Low watt TVs
California wants to lead the nation in all things social and fiscal. Hence...
California restricts energy-guzzling TV sets
Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer
In a move that brings California's pioneering greenhouse gas reduction drive into the living room, state regulators Wednesday approved limits on how much energy televisions can consume, citing the increased use of power-guzzling flat-panel sets.
The new rules, adopted unanimously by the California Energy Commission, will require manufacturers to cut the power televisions use by one-third in two years and in half by 2013 by setting wattage ceilings.
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