Power Squids are awesome, as are the 3-way, T-shaped taps that will support three awkwardly-shaped power blocks with one outlet. Those are about a buck at a lumberyard.
Having a device standard for block transformers would mean that people would leave fewer transformers plugged in. It would save energy just from that.
In our storage space at work we have two huge boxes full of hundreds of standard Power Cords - and that's just one college. I asked the campus Dell rep, in front of all the buyers on campus, if they could please put in a checkbox that said "No power cord" like they do with the documentation and drivers' CDs, and she said she'd see what she could do. Fifth year in a row, now. Those checkboxes must be really complicated to set up.
