{"id":9939,"date":"2026-02-22T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=9939"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:43:51","slug":"i-never-knew-this-%f0%9f%98%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=9939","title":{"rendered":"I never knew this \ud83d\ude31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"208\">Your phone charger, coffee maker, and even gaming consoles in standby aren\u2019t harmless\u2014they could cost $50\u2013$120 a year each and pose fire risks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"442\">The EPA calls them \u201cenergy vampires,\u201d draining $100\u2013$200 per household annually. Just five common devices\u2014chargers, coffee makers, consoles, desktops, and slow cookers\u2014can waste 1,200 kWh, enough to power a fridge for 10 months.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"656\">The fix? Unplug, use power strips, or enable energy-saving modes. It saves money, cuts CO\u2082, reduces fire hazards, and extends appliance life. A few seconds of action can reclaim your cash and protect your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Your phone charger, coffee maker, and even gaming consoles in standby aren\u2019t harmless\u2014they could cost $50\u2013$120 a year each and pose fire risks. The EPA <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=9939\" title=\"I never knew this \ud83d\ude31\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9941,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9939\/revisions\/9941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}