Charge an iPod, kill a polar bear?

[The Straight Story]

Charge an iPod, kill a polar bear?

PARIS - Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear?

The choice might not be quite that stark, but an energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the soaring electricity needs of gadgets like MP3 players, mobile phones and flat screen TVs.

In a report, the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours, the equivalent of today's home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined.

The world would have to build around 200 new nuclear power plants just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs and other home electronics expected to be plugged in by 2030, when the global electric bill to power them will rise to $200 billion (NZ$336.8bn) a year, the IEA said.

Consumer electronics is "the fastest growing area and it's the area with the least amount of policies in place" to control energy efficiency, said Paul Waide, a senior policy analyst at the IEA.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10572277

[east texas lib]

1. Ban them!..ban them all!..

:D

[The Straight Story]

2. second hand music

:evilgrin:

[east texas lib]

5. Roger that! nt

:thumbsup:

[bbinacan]

3. Wow

I just downloaded some new songs to my iPod. My iPod is charged by my car and not by the grid.

[alfredo]

4. You can get solar chargers