Comments on: California’s Big Screen Ban Both Hated And Relatively Pointless http://www.gadgetreview.com/2009/09/californias-big-screen-ban-both-hated-and-relatively-pointless.html Your Source for Gadget News, Reviews and Deals Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Joseph Chisholm http://www.gadgetreview.com/2009/09/californias-big-screen-ban-both-hated-and-relatively-pointless.html/comment-page-1#comment-872531 Eric Joseph Chisholm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:40:05 +0000 http://www.gadgetreview.com/?p=36530#comment-872531 1. We are only banning televisions produced in 2011 or beyond that consume ridiculous amounts of energy. There are already energy efficient versions of every type, so nobody is going to even notice when shopping. 2. The regulations only apply to tvs that are smaller than 58 inches, so he's really just making things up. 3. And that's the whole idea, that we move the market towards energy efficient technologies, but we are putting the regulations in place just in case the market doesn't take care of the problem 1. We are only banning televisions produced in 2011 or beyond that consume ridiculous amounts of energy. There are already energy efficient versions of every type, so nobody is going to even notice when shopping.

2. The regulations only apply to tvs that are smaller than 58 inches, so he’s really just making things up.

3. And that’s the whole idea, that we move the market towards energy efficient technologies, but we are putting the regulations in place just in case the market doesn’t take care of the problem

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