Monday, November 8, 2010

Chevy Electric car

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Get Off the Grid

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Pentagon Conspiracy

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Turn Steel Into Solar Panels With Photovoltaic Spray Paint

Turn Steel Into Solar Panels With Photovoltaic Spray Paint

How One Company Plans To Drive Solar Prices Down 40%

How One Company Plans To Drive Solar Prices Down 40%

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Philips Debuts LED TV With Solar-Powered Remote


LED TV's are all the rage in the home entertainment world, and lend themselves quite nicely to the infant that is 3D TV. But no matter how energy-efficient your LED TV is, it still has 2 major flaws:

1. It still draws power when it's turned off (called phantom load or vampire energy)

2. You still have to use batteries in the remote control

These drawbacks might pale in comparison to the drastic energy savings that results from the LED efficiency, but if you're looking to further reduce your environmental footprint, Philips has the solution.

Electronics Manufacturer, Philips, introduced the Econova LED TV last month via a press release. The Econova touts a laundry list of impressive features including:

Zero power switch - When you turn the TV off, it's off...no standby mode or vampire energy.
Recycled construction - TV housing made from solid aluminum, 60% of which is recycled (and all of which is easy to be recycled at the end of the TV's life).
2-in-1 stand - The unique stand that comes with the TV can be used as a table top stand or as a wall mount, reducing the need to buy a separate wall mount.
Non-toxic - PVC and Brominated Flame Retardants free.
Solar-powered remote control - obviously one of the coolest features on a gadget geek level.



Unfortunately for us Americans, the TV is only out in Europe at the moment. The Econova was actually awarded the Euopean Green TV 2010-2011 Award. The EISA juding panel said,

In its quest for energy efficiency, the Philips 42PFL6805 reaches an all time low, consuming just 40 Watts in eco-mode. The set demonstrates a holistic approach to eco-design, evident in many details such as the unorthodox product architecture, solar-powered remote control, double-function stand and wallmount and an e-manual. The cherry on the cake is the clever use of a rather small partly recycled aluminum panel which covers all electronics instead of the total back cover that is used by their competition.

I do wonder about the effectiveness of the remote control's solar panel. I mean seriously, how often do you lay your TV remote in the sun? It would be interesting to know if the solar cells could also be charged via regular in home light sources.

What do you think?

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