Cell phone manufacturers agree on new charger rating system

This morning five of the world's largest cell phone manufacturers unveiled a new star rating system for cell phone chargers, hoping to make it easy for consumers to identify the most energy efficient chargers. Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and LG have all teamed up on the system, hoping to make a global impact on energy usage.

According to Nokia, 'if the more than three billion people owning mobile devices today switched to a four- or five-star charger, this could save the same amount of energy each year as produced by two medium sized power plants.' [via Reuters]