CES is history. Crazy entertainment platforms ruled the long weekend and why not? Personal entertainment is where the money’s at. The consumer electronics’ industry is vying for your entertainment dollars. Every product poses itself as the next big breakthrough.

We didn’t quite see what we came for – exciting  energy efficiency technology. There were a wide variety of power strips that reduce vampire power. These same type of products have failed to be viable in past years. What do they lack? Aside from high cost, the biggest hurdle these products face is that they require consumer behavior change. A downfall of many valuable eco-friendly products to date.

It is no secret that most consumer electronics waste the majority of the electricity they draw during charging and conversion of the electricity from ac/dc power and when left plugged into the outlet when not in use. This is known as vampire energy loss, standby power consumption or vampire power. It was unfortunate that the engineers behind 3D TV, tablet pc’s and some of the other potential game-changers did not aim to eliminate vampire energy loss – only curb it.

Tomorrow’s headlines reaffirm the need to stop wasting today’s energy resources that yesterday were just an afterthought …