Apparently there’s been some debate about whether ethanol production consumes more energy than in creates (not to mention carbon emissions) in the interest of energy independence. This lengthy rebuttal from the Department of Energy downplays the criticism - presumably one lonely Cornell Professor using outdated data. But if that were true, why doth DOE protest […]
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Does ethanol production waste energy?
July 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: statistics · cars · government
Virtual people waste energy too
January 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Writer Nick Carr has calculated that the average avatar (virtual person) in the online world 2nd Life consumes as much energy as the average (real life) Brazilian. In a recent blog post, he digests some stats from Linden Lab about 2nd Life’s overall consumption to do this surprising calculation.
Tags: statistics · technology
How much energy did XP waste?
January 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Foreign Policy passport is out with a piece about how much energy Windows Vista will save, but more interesting are their stats about the wastage from PCs currently running older operating systems. Microsoft apparently estimates it costs businesses $55 to $75 each year for PCs to stay idle, which grosses up to $5 or $7 […]
Tags: statistics · technology
USA wastes more than Japan consumes?
December 3rd, 2006 · No Comments
The Calvert Group, based on US Dept. of Energy Statistics, claims that for every kilowatt-hour of electricity that we consume in the United States, two kilowatt-hours […]
Tags: statistics