Printer On/Off Switch
My new laser printer has no on/off switch. On such a relatively expensive machine, why have they left off such a common and inexpensive feature?
———- from Bonnie Lennox of Marshalltown, IA
They’re just responding to some new incentives the electrical utilities have come up with to encourage wasting energy. The more we waste, the more they earn. It also burns up your printer faster, which makes printer manufacturers happy. You’d think consumers would catch on and fight back, but instead, we’re all tickled that we don’t have to wait for our printers to warm up. If only automobile manufacturers could induce us all to keep our engines running all the time, so we didn’t have to worry about warming our cars up in the winter, the oil companies and car manufacturers would be eternally grateful. Beware of all technical innovation. The person it benefits may not be you.
They’re just responding to some new incentives the electrical utilities have come up with to encourage wasting energy. The more we waste, the more they earn. It also burns up your printer faster, which makes printer manufacturers happy. You’d think consumers would catch on and fight back, but instead, we’re all tickled that we don’t have to wait for our printers to warm up. If only automobile manufacturers could induce us all to keep our engines running all the time, so we didn’t have to worry about warming our cars up in the winter, the oil companies and car manufacturers would be eternally grateful. Beware of all technical innovation. The person it benefits may not be you. 