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A 42-inch flatscreen TV can use as much energy as a refrigerator. (Photo by Sol Grundy, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
College basketball's big Final Four tournament is approaching, and television sales will no doubt spike, as they do with most major sporting events. These days, almost every TV sold is a flat panel. And, as Tamara Keith reports, most use more energy than the old cathode ray tube TVs:
Energy Star information on purchasing a TV
Energy-saving tips from GreenerChoices.com
A related story from The Environment Report on household energy use
Producer: Tamara Keith
Release Date: March 9, 2009
Running Time: 3:16