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Phantom Load
Many appliances and digital devices draw electricity even when they are not turned on or in use. This unseen draw is known as a phantom load, and it can go as high as 1-15 watts per item. Many DVD players, AC unites, televisions, etc. draw power all day without you even knowing it. Phantom loads can cost homeowners and business owners hundreds of dollars per year, and it consumes 5% of all energy in the U.S.
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“Iraq and a lot of the skirmishes we are in are about energy. And I think, to put it in a nutshell, we feel it makes more sense to put wind turbines on our prairie instead of our fine young men and women under the prairie."
Kirk Lowell, Concordia KS - home to Meridian Way wind farm
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