Political Factoid
Those "set-up boxes"
[which are forced upon consumers
by Comcast and other large, greedy
communications monopolies*]
"waste some $2 billion a year
in energy ... when consumers
aren't even using them."
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Noah Horowitz,
Natural Resources Defense Council
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The boxes typically consume more
electricity than refrigerators or even
large screen TVs.
* |
Or oligarchies, in some markets.
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cf.
2215
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-30-
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