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I Vant to Suck Your Energy!

There's a vampire living in your house! Actually, probably several vampires. Okay, maybe they're not sucking your blood, but they are draining your energy -- ...

drac.jpg There's a vampire living in your house! Actually, probably several vampires.

Okay, maybe they're not sucking your blood, but they are draining your energy -- and adding lots of money to your bill.

Appliances like computers, portable phones and plasma-screen TVs use energy (sometimes significant amounts) even when they're turned off, or set to stand-by mode.

Check out these stats on vampire energy from GOOD magazine and the Dept. of Energy.

What's the energy equivalent of a wooden stake...?

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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