The Phantom Energy Drain
Sunday, March 29th, 2009All the power wasted while computers are sitting idle overnight adds up, and one study has finally tried to measure it. The tally: An estimated $2.8 billion wasted on excess energy costs each year in the U.S. alone.
On a CO2 basis, that’s 20 million tons of carbon dioxide, about the amount produced by 4 million [...]