How long does Class A have?

When it comes, and it likely will come, it will come in the form of a consumption tax on electricity. A sin tax if you will. Or maybe a luxury item consumption tax (similar to a gas-guzzler tax). Just a matter of time.



I don't think that will happen because that would be a hit to electric cars, the powers that be wouldn't want that.

Fortunately for the planet, big iron Audiophiles are a dying breed. We’ll self select ourselves out of being important.

In California a combination of power crunch and environmental factors have caused the state to mandate energy efficiency for new pre-built PCs. Sales of those far outweigh the hobbyist PC gamer/builder. This is kind of an analog for the audio hobbyist.

They aren’t coming for your tubes let alone Class A amp for a long long time.

Lastly the issue isn’t how much you consume it’s how it is generated. Get yourself a nice solar power source and you’ll be just as environmentally conscious as anyone else.  Who knows maybe even the micro-pellet nuclear reactors will come into vogue. :)

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Get yourself a nice solar power source and you’ll be just as environmentally conscious as anyone else.


Solar isn't very cost effective in Michigan for the amount of energy it produces. I'm on certainteed's advisory council in my area and they won't even offer photovoltaic shingles because we don't get enough sunlight.

Class A is fine, compared to other items in the home there is little impact.

The big Evil is EV i had a Tesla S and their SUV and my electric bill went up $600 a month, the dial on my meter was moving so fast there was a constant whine. So i installed solar and two Tesla house batteries to the tune of 70k and my electric bill was still in the $200 a month range. I got rid of the Teslas and now the electric company is paying me monthly.

For everyone to be in an EV is a pipe dream the grid cannot handle what we have now let alone an EV world. So if someone complains tell them to complain to an EV owner.