[quote=dougwalkaboutWorse yet, if you're in a hot climate, all the vampire power is radiated as heat. So you're using (and paying for) extra electricity for air conditioning to remove your wasted electricity. Argh![/quote]

I still have CRTs, and in the Winter, I don't have to turn the regular heat on.

It seems the underlying ideas are: better able to handle long-term price rises and not being wasteful. I can see if you're paying $80, if the generation prices quadruple, you're paying $320, but if I paid $100, I'll be paying $400, which at that time, $80 might be able to buy something!