Comments on: Sexy Green Geek: Part 1 – Reduce

By: purchase dissertatio

purchase dissertatio — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:44:00 +0000

Agree with you. The future is for solar technologies. I believe in that

By: d610

d610 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:18:00 +0000

true true. my (not sure, maybe 14-16 year old) compaq still runs very well. plays old 256 color graphics games and the productivity software that came with it. i even found some old DRAM sticks and upgraded it :) other one is newer. maybe 2004 or so my dad uses it for quickbooks, word processing, and internet. had the motherboard replaced a couple years ago and it was good as new! the problem is our throw-away society where people don't want to bother fixing things, if it doesn't work throw it away and buy another. and the computers indeed don't get slower, the software just gets bigger and takes more resources but really doesn't do much more than look pretty is what it seems like. have you seen the GAS post about software bloat? look for it.

By: Romantic Gifts

Romantic Gifts — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:59:00 +0000

I am one for leaving my computer on even after I have finished working. At times I leave my home and the computer is still on. This is really something I am going to focus more on stopping in the future.

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:46:00 +0000

There are lots of ways to be green and help our environment. If you are using a laptop with a good battery, why not try to unplug your laptop and use the battery instead for an hour or till your battery runs out, this way, you save on electric power and its healthy for your battery to be drained once in a while.

By: Poker Rakeback

Poker Rakeback — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:38:00 +0000

I like the solar power ideea , been playing with solar batteries :)

By: George

George — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:27:00 +0000

On the topic of purchasing decisions – buying used equipment is a great way to go green (and help your pocket book at the same time). Since there are people out there who offload perfectly good machines and components, there's a vibrant market for secondhand electronics.

Every piece of e-waste that you keep out of the landfill makes the world a better place. And, if it displaces stuff that you were going to go buy brand-new, that's a double win.

By: George

George — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:27:00 +0000

Every piece of e-waste that you keep out of the landfill makes the world a better place. And, if it displaces stuff that you were going to go buy brand-new, that’s a double win.

By: Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:00 +0000

One thing I noticed as I was installing all the mobo software for the new system I put together is that my mobo will actually reduce the speed and voltage of my CPU as the needs decrease, thus using less power. I am not sure how common this is, but I thouight it was pretty cool. It seems that the "resting" state of the cpu is 800mhz (it's a quad core 3ghz processor). I don't recall what the resting voltage is. I usually set the hard drive and the monitor to shut off after an hour of non-use. This allows for watching something that is long and not having to worry about getting interrupted while watching my favorite TV show on Hulu ;-) I don;t particular care for sleep or hibernate after bad previous expereinces with it, though I am sure they have fixed all of that by now.

By: Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:00 +0000

One thing I noticed as I was installing all the mobo software for the new system I put together is that my mobo will actually reduce the speed and voltage of my CPU as the needs decrease, thus using less power. I am not sure how common this is, but I thouight it was pretty cool. It seems that the “resting” state of the cpu is 800mhz (it’s a quad core 3ghz processor). I don’t recall what the resting voltage is. I usually set the hard drive and the monitor to shut off after an hour of non-use. This allows for watching something that is long and not having to worry about getting interrupted while watching my favorite TV show on Hulu ;-) I don;t particular care for sleep or hibernate after bad previous expereinces with it, though I am sure they have fixed all of that by now.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:23:00 +0000

Blackle only has a lower consumption if you're using an old CRT screen, and even then it's minimal. With LCDs, regardless what color is displayed, the backlight has to be on. It actually makes more sense, IMO, to use black-on-white since that's easier to read with the screen dimmed than white-on-black is.

Also, the followups were already posted. This is a rather old post ;)

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:23:00 +0000

Blackle only has a lower consumption if you’re using an old CRT screen, and even then it’s minimal. With LCDs, regardless what color is displayed, the backlight has to be on. It actually makes more sense, IMO, to use black-on-white since that’s easier to read with the screen dimmed than white-on-black is.

Also, the followups were already posted. This is a rather old post ;)

By: beebee

beebee — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +0000

Just wondering if services like http://www.blackle.com are a useful contribution to a smaller ecological footprint?

And considering gadgets that need constant charging: there are several mobile phones and mp3 players that can be charged by plugging it in on your computer's USB-port. Not sure if that drains more energy, but at least it's another charger less to dispose.

In general, take good care of your stuff, think before you buy (do you really need that new phone?) and repair if possible.

Nice article, looking forward to the follow-up!