The Energy Wasters Report

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.

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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 […]

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CNET is out with a comprehensive survey of how much power the latest big and small screen TVs consumer, both running and in standby mode - and how much that power can cost per year (ranging from $13 to $145 a year for the bigger TVs).

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Gamesindustry.biz reports that while the original PlayStation leaked just 0.2W - accounting for some 1.752kWh wasted each year - the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 both leak a massive 2W, or 17.52kWh each year. Doh! No word on PS3 leakage, if and when it ever emerges.

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