Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ...
by thot_experiment on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:10AM
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If you think these things are written with second order effects in mind you should look into why you can't buy a light truck in America anymore.
Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ...
by Gordonjcp on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:53AM
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If the idea is to ban inherently energy-wasting things, then turn off all the streetlights.
Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ...
by benj111 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:12PM
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Why are streetlights inherently wasteful?
We may not need them, but we don't need TVs.
Plus in the grand scheme of energy wasting things, why is that top of your list? Seems a weird thing to have a vendetta against.
Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ...
by Gordonjcp on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @04:12PM
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Because nobody needs an 80W lightbulb every 25 metres along every road and street wasting electricity and causing light pollution.
Cars have lights. Bikes have lights. Streetlights are wasteful and polluting.
If the intent is to promote lower power devices surely it's better for me to use an 'inefficent' 14" screen using 100w than a 100" screen using 110w?
The only counterpoint that I can think of is that this would effectively ban very large TVs. But once you're at the point of saying you can't have energy wasting things, it seems obvious that that would include very large inherently energy wasting things.