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Plasma screens threaten eco-crisis

"The energy demands of Britain's obsession with flat televisions could require two nuclear plants

David Smith and Juliette Jowit
Sunday August 13, 2006
The Observer

Our insatiable appetite for the big picture is threatening the planet. A scientist has warned that if half of British homes buy a plasma-screen TV, two nuclear power stations would have to be built to meet the extra energy demand."

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Pete's Points
After reading this article I am beginning to see our Prime Minister's recent obsession with nuclear power. It all fits. First we have government policy to get digital TV into the country and eliminate the less power hungry appliances that exist today and then when we have an energy crisis we get to use our lovely nuclear fuel and of course in the process set up government revenues for the next few hundred years.

Of course there is a minor fly in all this ointment - the more energy that we use the more we pollute the planet and get closer to the Armageddon of major weather changes brought on by global warming.

Then again I could stop with the conspiracy theory and ask a different question - if these appliances are as energy hungry as is stated in the article why have we NOT been hearing about it here?