Good news for those of you interested in reducing your energy use:
The world's top five cellphone makers last week launched a common energy rating system for phone chargers, making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the ones consuming the least energy.
The new rating system is a cellphone industry response to heavy criticism from environmentalists. The industry has become the world's top consumer electronics business by volume.
The new ratings system covers all chargers currently sold by Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Electronics, and ranges from five stars for the most efficient chargers down to zero stars for the ones consuming the most energy.
Something I did not know is that chargers continue to use electricity when left plugged in, even when the phone is disconnected. Around two-thirds of the electricity used by cell phones is wasted as a result.
"If the more than three billion people owning mobile devices today... ... read more (MobilePhoneBlog)