energy
Computer electricity usage
Submitted by Rimu Atkinson on Mon, 12/05/2008 - 10:23
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I just discovered that I've left a light on, 24/7 for the last 10 years. And not one of those fancy new ones, one of the old fluorescent 100 watt ones!
It's not really a light, it's my computers. Even when everything is turned off, my computers and peripherals are drawing 104 watts of power. Somehow, 100 watts is just vanishing into thin air. That's about 10 times more than I was expecting...
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