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"Smartphones, laptops, tablets, digital TV. You may not have considered it, but all those devices require a lot of energy to operate, and gobble it up even when they sit idle. In fact, the iPhone uses more electricity than a refrigerator. A medium-sized, energy star fridge uses 322 kilowatt hours (kWh) each year. The average iPhone? 361." See the full report at http://goo.gl/FstidW

Dr Tom Chalko has built an off-grid Eco-house at Mount Best in South Gippsland. This is the website associated with the house in which Chalko writes about the Eco-friendly aspects of the house including the use of a modified chest fridge