That large screen TV in the corner of your living room could soon be banned under plans being drawn up by European governments.
According to the Independent , 'minimum energy performance standards' will be implemented in 2009, which will effectively kill off 'inefficient TVs'. And by that, they mean giant plasma TVs, described as 'the 4x4s of the living room' for consuming four times as much energy as traditional TVs. But don't worry, already owning one isn't likely to get you arrested.
Power consumption obviously goes up as the screens increase in size and according to the Energy Savings Trust, a big-screen plasma knocks out twice the emissions of a fridge freezer.
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