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| Interesting article...companies have become more wasteful, in the process of making our lives easier, with everything being rechargable. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/v... The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. ~Hellen Keller |
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| Wow! Thanks for posting this! Alan, I've always known about the waste in the "instant on" technology but haven't seen it quantified before this. 50% is horrible! And wouldn't you know. There is research being done to capture heat waste in electrical production and reuse it. I would think there work being done to develop a device that can capture electrical waste in the home. I'll look into that. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/ees/mssed/news.shtml "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein ~ All Things Plants, SOUTHWEST GARDENING ~Cubits.org ENERGY & POWER |
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| so I am assuming that my computer here uses a lot of power that is wasted when I put it in stand by or sleep mode. Does it hurt the computer to shut it down and unplug it every night before I go to bed? |
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I do that everynight, Frilly. My computer seems fine... except I know I need more memory  "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein ~ All Things Plants, SOUTHWEST GARDENING ~Cubits.org ENERGY & POWER |
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| Just because I'm uber cautious about things I unplug the coffee grinder, toaster and all recharging devices (cameras, phone, Kindle.) I plug them in only when I'm going to recharge. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." --Albert Einstein ~ All Things Plants, SOUTHWEST GARDENING ~Cubits.org ENERGY & POWER |
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| yeah, I don't do that so much, because they are down on the floor, and if i go down there to unplug them I may not get back up with this bad knee...lol! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. ~Hellen Keller |
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| put them all on a strip and then you can mount it higher up on the wall or put it on a counter. I would never leave hairdryers, toasters or coffee makers plugged in, they can start fires. I guess anything electrical can start a fire, but seems like those items are on the hit list. |
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