What is the Slot Machine Industry Doing?     

Here is a question that many people are starting to wonder – with all of the slot machines out there in the world why there aren’t Energy Star slot machines? Consider just for a moment the amount of electricity used by all those millions of slot machines in the world and you could have one of the cures for global warming right there!
 
Some might say that it is the government’s responsibility to ensure that all slot machines are energy efficient, while others feel that it is up to the manufacturers. Either way, no one is looking into it, and many environmentalists want to know why.
 
They say that the fact that the casinos are a billion dollar industry alone means that they should be looking into the effect that their slot machines are having on the ozone layer. Not only that, but the fact that Las Vegas itself is visible from outer space should tell you something about the amount of electricity being expanded. Is it simply the case where in Las Vegas people don’t want to think about the real world – they only want to escape reality? This is genuinely an argument for not doing anything, but there is so much that they could be doing it is a crime that nothing has been done before.
 
Harrah’s has actually branded their environmental practices under the term CodeGreen – but it has more to do with how they run their day to day operations, not necessarily the amount of energy that their slot machines are sucking up. As a nation we are embracing the Energy Star brand for our homes, our washers and dryers, etc. – and the slot machine industry can’t take similar strides?

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