The Last Frost

Who knew that a little bit of software code could be so effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It certainly provides a new way to look at an activity that you, me, and millions of others are doing every day; using our computers. Or more importantly, leaving them on when we're not using them.

This article breaks down the potential energy savings that Microsoft alone could ensure by simply releasing a software update to their ubiquitous Windows platform. The update could set the default energy savings options to their most efficient settings. 

Why stop with Microsoft though? Imagine what could be possible if electronic manufacturer's eliminated standby modes from appliances. The article estimates that dozens of power plants could be rendered obsolete by Microsoft's hypothetical software update, imagine what the whole global electronic and software industries could accomplish if they placed a higher priority on the energy consumption of their devices. I think Apple Computer has the right idea, it's not sheer processing power that's important in a computer chip, it's processing power per watt.

Efficiency, it's always been green.

Microsoft could save 45 million tons of CO2 emissions with a few lines of computer code » [FP Passport]

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