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Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ... by profstasiak on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:42AM (#33247961)
as an European I would prefer the EU to spend more time building cheap energy sources such as the one from nuclear power plants, or if they really need to regulate stuff just tax energy use. I don't understand why, if I want to waste energy, I am not allowed to. They could introduce progressive taxes where I pay higher percentage the higher energy waste I have.

if you think doing something like this makes sence -> do they regulate multiple TV? Lets say I buy 4 tvs and have them play at the same time. Why do we allow people to do that but regulate 1 better resolution TV.

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Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ... by hotcoffeebear on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:22AM (#33248688)
They might trust average EU citizen common sense to not use 4 tv at the same time. If 4 different people are watching at the same time in the same household… well it’s a win (in POV of energy consumption, not of consumerism).
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Re:New EU energy regulation could effectively ban 8K TVs in ... by nicolaslem on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:54PM (#33250405)
It is hard to imagine this comment was written in good faith. Should we really argue the reasons why wasting energy is discouraged?

Having regulators nudge manufacturers in the right direction has a massive impact when we are talking about a market of half a billion consumers.

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