Energy saving appliances Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:56:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How “Phantom Loads” Are Hurting Your Energy Bill and the Environment https://www.greenoptimistic.com/phantom-loads-energy-bill/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/phantom-loads-energy-bill/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:56:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58218 “Phantom loads” are electronics that always run, regardless of whether they are being used or not. Most people are aware of the harm that these electronics can have on the environment: inefficient electricity use greatly increases the output of the coal plants that supply power and, therefore, increases fossil fuel emissions into the atmosphere. Unplugging […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/phantom-loads-energy-bill/feed/ 0 58218 Green Purchases Motivated by Money And Not Saving the World https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-purchases-motivated-by-money-and-not-saving-the-world-20130620/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-purchases-motivated-by-money-and-not-saving-the-world-20130620/#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:53:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38564 Good news! More and more Americans care about energy efficient products. Over 50% of Americans have bought energy efficient appliances, 61% say they want an automobile that gets more than 30 mpg, and the majority of people are switching to energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. According to a new report from Yale and George Mason […]

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