• powerdrain

    Sleep Mode= Power Drain

    The Christian-Science Monitor has a great, short article about how the “sleep mode” on our electrical appliances still uses a lot of power.

    From the article:
    “In standby, a machine is not really turned off. It goes into a state of reduced activity that requires only minimal power consumption. The downside is that even at vastly reduced power levels, millions of machines running all day, every day, adds up to huge amounts of wasted energy. With oil prices at record highs and the climate under threat from excessive consumption of fossil fuels, this is neither smart nor desirable.”

    “The US Department of Energy has estimated that by 2010, the portion of each utility customer’s bill consumed by appliances in standby mode will reach 20”

    (Hat tip to RFF’s Common Tragedies)