Where is the origin of the preoccupation with the principle of not having electronic equipment on standby?:os

There is nothing basically wrong with it; it may be that many pieces of equipment consume too much power on standby but it is not a fundamental problem. After all, many pieces of equipment have clocks running inside them. Are we to turn these clocks off as well?

Wasting a few Watts per item is not a good thing, of course but it is possible to run a simple 'wake-up' circuit running on a few milliwatts, or even less. This level of 'energy drain' would really be trivial and well justified in terms of convenience.

I heard of a proposal on 'The Lions' Den' TV Prog for a bolt-on unit which would do just this. But, I believe they were obsessed with having it battery operated; where would the energy come for that, then?

Why haven't manufacturers produced equipment with such circuits in them? There is a huge potential marked for such a green idea.:rolleyes:
Perhaps we will be encouraged to chuck out all our inefficient gear and buy new low energy stuff. How much energy does a new TV, Fridge, Car, DVD player cost to produce?

Looking forward 2 reading your answers or even your thoughts about this:flower: :p

A simple question does governements stop companies from producing such products?! Or is it the companies who force thier products in the market?!:bored:

Charm, are you saying the electronic appliances that we use generally can be operated with much lower electric power?

:yes: Was chatting with my friend who's studying abroad and he said that can be done! Is there some kind of a plan going on that we don't know of?!:os