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I'm not sure where the original quote comes from but I've found it repeated on the Energy Star website, the DOE and various others in addition to being quoted on the Discovery Channel. Always the same quote. Someone did the original math and now it's seen and heard everywhere. Surely I'm not the first person to fact check it. Surely I'm not the first person to question the assumptions that its based on.
But that's another aspect of the whole issue. My original post complained about them shading the truth. It also bothers me that people will take a quote and repeat it as fact without checking it, as long as it supports their beliefs.
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