Save Our Beautiful Earth - Techie Talk.
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
by Jane Bell
http://www.saveourbeautifulearth.com
Save Our Beautiful Earth - a series of unique or humorous energy saving articles without a light bulb mention in sight.
Techie Talk
Did you know that a laptop consumes five times less than a desktop computer? Also, check if your computer supports the more advanced Speedstep power management. Switching off a computer extends its lifetime, contrary to some misconceptions. Leaving a computer running the whole year will cost you more than 1,000 kWh/y, or almost as much as the total electricity consumption of a high-efficiency household. Use one large power strip for your computer, broadband modem, scanner, printer, monitor, and speakers. Switch it off when equipment is not in use. This is a practical way to cut 200 kWh/y or more of standby losses.
Black: The new Green A computer monitor uses 74 watts to display a white background, whereas a screen with a black background uses 59 watts. According to further calculations a black Google homepage would save 8.3 Megawatt-hours (Mwh) a day, on a global scale.
Enter Blackle, a site which is, essentially just a black version of Google. The site is powered by Google, and looks just like the site, but is black. Relative to other energy saving initiatives, it has been suggested that the energy savings of Blackle is small but so is changing one light-bulb (oops, I wasn't going to say that word, sorry) Lots of small changes add up. It can be viewed at www.Blackle.com and set as home page through 'options' on your computer.
Visit Save Our Beautiful Earth for more energy saving ideas, a free to use carbon footprint calculator and more articles like this one.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Hi, thanks for sharing this information, I learned something new today :-) I am guilty of leaving my computer on most of the day because I am in and out of the office pretty regularly. Thanks again, I am going to be better about turning it off when not in use. Blessings to you.Thanks for your kind words Teresa - would you mind if I use your comments on the Testimonials page of my website?Your welcome. No prblem, I don't mind.Thanks - you can check it out at Save Our Beautiful Earth
hi jane, thanks for sharing those hints with us. this was a well written article and hopefully the information will be viewed by people who need it. i hope you keep writing, best regards, sue thom
Thanks Susan - I will keep writing, in the meantime you may be interested in downloading my ebook Save Our Beautiful Earth from which this extract was taken (currently only £3.99 - no need to print!) From the website of the same name. Otherwise, watch out for the next one...
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