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Perhaps Jevon's Paradox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

Though with LED lighting, it really depends. I still am using far less power for all of my lighting vs 1 incandescent light bulb. I am thinking specifically of the room/desk lamp of my childhood. Though I haven't counted the blinkenlights on my router, switch, etc. Maybe all of those added up will tip the balance.




> Though I haven't counted the blinkenlights on my router, switch, etc. Maybe all of those added up will tip the balance.

No way those total over a watt.


A blinkenlight LED is about 0.7V at 20mA, totaling about 0.14mW per LED, or 7142 LEDs per watt.




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