Comments on: Energy Sucking Computers https://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/ Reuse. Rehabilitate. Restore. Architectural salvage and repurposed pieces for the home. Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19818 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:57:33 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19818 Thanks, Eric!

]]> By: Eric https://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19795 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:47 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19795 Well, on the topic of computers and energy consumption:

In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy…
– http://www.blackle.com/about/

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19780 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:21:38 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19780 Blackle? That went right over my head.

It’s nice to know the thugs are into recycling.

]]> By: iloveupstate.com https://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19776 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:52:30 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19776 The Fiance was down on Wall Street in the early evening last week and walk past an alleyway behind one of the big investment companies and he saw dozens…literally dozens of cpu’s, monitors and laptops sitting next to the dumpsters. He was about to check out a few of them when a van pulled up and a few big guys got out and sort of suggested that this was their turf for dumpster diving.

]]> By: Eric https://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19693 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:33:41 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2008/10/06/energy-sucking-computers/#comment-19693 I know Blackle is all the rage in one office at my school,* but the energy savings are only realized on CRTs. LCDs, because of the way they operate, probably consume more energy on Blackle than on Google.

*Where they use LCDs, incidentally.

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