By Shelby Wood
The Oregonian
The quiet box on your desk or in the living room, that thing that helps you work and buy airline tickets and watch funny clips on YouTube -- it's burning through fossil fuels, too.
The tools to slow the power flow are right inside it, accessible with a few mouse clicks. Pay nothing; give nothing up. Yet most of us never make the fix.
To change that, Intel and Google founded the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a nonprofit based in a Pearl District office. In their sights: Your computer, your kid's computer, your sister's . . . all 1 billion PCs worldwide. The technology giants want computers to go to sleep, and consume less energy, when we're not using them.
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Could a design work for laptops, desktops, TVs, etc. ? They all have similar requirements of full power, stand-by power or no power requirements. Why not build a supply that works efficiently in 3 modes? I have an idea that I would like to discuss. Anyone interested?
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This is a good initiative of manufacturers and as well as users to at least help in saving more power and contribute less to the global warming crisis.
Although I have read in an article that Global Warming is Lie. But should we believe it?
Heres the complete article
10 Myths of Global Warming
How about using a thin client for your PC. There is one that only uses about 5 watts of power and the main parts run off of solar power. You can check it out at http://www.greenworldcom.com
SysTrack Power Manager and Virtualization Planner is a great tool to reduce electricity and co2 emissions. The software is just hitting the market with a ROI in 2-4 months. If a large company enables 8,000 computers, the co. can and save approximately $1 Million a year in costs. It does not require wak-on-LAN, and it has a scalability of over 100,000 systems. If you would like to learn more, please email Connie at connie-greenteam@corepg.com
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