This Earth Day, it's time to tackle a sneaky source of waste that drains wallets and accelerates climate change.
Vampire energy, also called standby power or phantom loads, is power certain electronics and electrical appliances consume even after they are placed in standby mode or switched off. Devices without clocks and dashboards, such as lamps and toasters, do not consume vampire energy. But many “smart” products do; for these devices, energy use comes mainly from adaptors converting AC into DC and circuits that continue to be energized even when a device is “off.
My electricity bill dropped by $38 the next month and $30 the month after, shaving about a third off what I typically paid. While that is impressive, my tiny home is just a blip on the map. Studies from the Natural Resources Defense Council have found that more than 100 billion kilowatt-hours are wasted every year because of vampire energy, “But vampire energy
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