Make PCs Greener

Baker · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:34

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6294799.stm

"a typical PC left on for 24 hours a day, 220 days of the year, is responsible for up to a tonne of CO2 over a 3-year period."

Something for us geeks to think about

platypus · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:37

Baker said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6294799.stm

"a typical PC left on for 24 hours a day, 220 days of the year, is responsible for up to a tonne of CO2 over a 3-year period."

Something for us geeks to think about

/awaits incoming wind generator mod.

Andelusion · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:38

/awaits the guy who bought a 520watt instead of a 600watt PSU because he wanted to be green

Chojin · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:48

/awaits PC enthusiasts selling electricity to the grid due to surplus heat generated from their quad core CPUs.

Jotun · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:53

I can't see any mention of what the average power consumption of the "typical pc" is, would be interested to see how mine compares to give me a better idea of how much mine uses.

Zip · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:54

/Awaits a time when i can have a PC that has enough power to polute the planet like that

Welshy · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:56

I use a laptop, so I'm assuming mine uses up a fraction of what a normal desktop PC will use :confused:

Amp34 · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:56

You could probably work it ut easily enough. An "average" PC probably uses 100 - 150W and a hi spec PC with 100% cpu utilisation would probably use about 300W (if that).

Then all you need to do is see how much greenhouse gas is produced per watt.

Sp00n · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:57

LOL @ me

I just asked myself... how exactly does a computer produce co2?

I thought i should tell you guys, lol.

ElRazur · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:58

Do anyone actually care? I leave tv, ps3, ps2, dvd, music studio all in stand by. I honestly dont see myself breaking the habit.

platypus · 26 Jan 2007 at 16:59

ElRazur said:
Do anyone actually care? I live tv, ps3, ps2, dvd, music studio all in stand by. I honestly dont see myself breaking the habit.

Thats pretty much the problem with America's foreign policy right now..

sja360 · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:00

ElRazur said:
Do anyone actually care? I live tv, ps3, ps2, dvd, music studio all in stand by. I honestly dont see myself breaking the habit.

i care, but i dont believe its upto each individual person to make the change, i reckon its the governments or leaders etc of the various countries to come up with some greener replacement for coal plants and such. whats the point if we cut down on having things on if we're still producing the co2 from those plants :confused:

MadMan-JaMeS · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:01

yupp my comp is on all the time my telly is on standby all the time too so :S

for anyone to notice a lot of people would have to make their pc's green but how i dunno ?

so many pc's these days they ain't got no chance.

These wind farms and that are a pile of crap they take up too much space the government needs to think of some way better of generating electricity !

platypus · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:01

sja360 said:
i care, but i dont believe its upto each individual person to make the change, i reckon its the governments or leaders etc of the various countries to come up with some greener replacement for coal plants and such. whats the point if we cut down on having things on if we're still producing the co2 from those plants

Agreed, personally I think we need to invest more in nuclear power.

Welshy · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:04

platypus said:
Agreed, personally I think we need to invest more in nuclear power.

and solar

Joe42 · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:05

Andelusion said:
/awaits the guy who bought a 520watt instead of a 600watt PSU because he wanted to be green

Wouldn't make a difference actually, he would still only be using 300w or so.

A more powerful psu does not make any difference to the pcs power usage.

neocon · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:06

platypus said:
Agreed, personally I think we need to invest more in nuclear power.

no, we need more prisons

ElRazur · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:07

platypus said:
Thats pretty much the problem with America's foreign policy right now..

I dont see the link! The whole thing about the american foreign policy is that they are in it for themselves...so technically they care.

ElRazur · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:08

neocon said:
no, we need more prisons

nah we need more nazi, ayahtollahs, dailymail readers, dirtydog and more you..Dont you think?

sja360 · 26 Jan 2007 at 17:08

neocon said:
no, we need more prisons

prisons produce power

or are you wanting to create human sized hamster wheel's so we can have the prisons inmates produce power for the public

i love the idea of the latter but i doubt it'd work as it probably goes against human rights or something :rolleyes: