Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets 688
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "A tech columnist looked around his home and wondered, 'All these TVs and cable boxes and computers and computer gear and chargers for various adapters have to be sucking up a lot of power, right?' So WSJ.com's Jason Fry bought a power meter to find the biggest power hogs in his home. They weren't his newfangled gadgets: 'The heavily used agglomeration of PC / two monitors / printer / hard drive / speakers in my downstairs study costs a bit more than $10 a month. The PC in our bedroom costs about $6 a month. The upstairs laptop? Less than $1 — a bit more than other always-on gadgets such as the router, cable modem, wireless repeater and Airport Express. So what were our apartment's power hogs? The lights and the dryer. I estimate our lights cost us around $30 a month, nearly a third of that from a chandelier with eight bulbs. Then there's the dryer. I don't know exactly how many watts it uses, but estimate it's costing us at least $25 a month.'"
Dual Use Tech (Score:3, Funny)
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
He owns a PC and a hard drive. The Wall Street Journal must be paying rather well, nowadays.
Re:If only... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Dual Use Tech (Score:2, Funny)
Yet another reason to upgrade, multiple uses! "Hey dude! You're laptop gets hot!" "Yeah, I disabled the fans so I could dry my clothes and cook my food with it, now I only need it, a washer and a dishwasher and I've got everything I need!"
Irrelevance (Score:5, Funny)
I've got this guy beat, big time. (Score:5, Funny)
Almost the entire city, plus the environs, has been without power for the past 4
days.
Ref:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2
Thus we are major leaders in energy savings!
Evidently (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The bottom line (Score:3, Funny)
So, if I hand wash the dishes first, I'll save a ton on electricity!
Re:If only... (Score:4, Funny)
Nah...in the long run, that will prove to be VASTLY more expensive, especially if you ever decide to upgrade to a newer model.
That's why I just live with them....more like leasing with an option to buy.
Re:ok, perhaps not obvious (Score:2, Funny)
For Your Information, it was a 2ed degree burn, you insensitive clod. Expect my doctor bill shortly.
Re:If only... (Score:1, Funny)
Did you try delivering the mail?
Have showers with your clothes on!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Place them on a clothes rack and they will dry indoors in hours.
1) no washer needed, just uses soap from shower
2) no dryer needed, all natural
3) you wash in FIFO order, not 5 days worth at a time.
4) you save water
5) its dry by the morning to wear again, so you only need 2 pairs of everything at most