Friday, 17. November 2006
Topic: COMPUTER - on November 17, 2006 at 11:40:00 AM CET
Microsoft could save 45 million tons of CO2 emissions with a few lines of computer code
It is estimated there are 660 million computers in use worldwide, the majority of which run some iteration of a Microsoft operating system. Generating the electricity needed to power those computers requires hundreds of power plants that produce billions of tons of CO2 emissions. Many of those machines sit idle for 12 to 16 hours per day, burning electricity, but not doing any work, because businesses habitually leave their computers running overnight.
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