knuclear200x
5908 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
Stop wasting money: video games and energy efficiency
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/21/stop-wasting-money-video-games-and-energy-efficiency.html
Video game consoles consume a "staggeringly high" amount of energy, according to a report the Natural Resources Defense Council is releasing on Wednesday. How much electricity do they use each year? About as much as it takes to power the city of San Diego.
There's plenty of room for improvement. We can cut our nation's electricity bill by more than $1 billion and avoid 7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, according to the report.
How much can you personally save? Depends on what brand you choose. The Sony Playstation 3 and Microsofts Xbox 360 use as much as nine times more energy than the Nintendo Wii.
Habits play a crucial role as well. The systems use nearly the same amount of power when they are turned on and idle as they do when you are actively playing a game or watching a movie. If left on continuously, the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 will consume the same amount of energy as two new refrigerators over the course of a year.
Here's how the three major brands stack up against each other:
Sony Playstation 3 is the most power-hungry model. For the 2007 version, you'll spend about $12 a year if you turn the console off when you're not using it, compared to about $134 if you leave it on all the time.
Microsoft Xbox 360 ranks a close second. If you shut it down when you're not playing a game or watching a movie, it costs about $11 to operate annually. Leaving it on continuously will cost you $103.
Nintendo Wii uses significantly less energy than the others. It costs about $3 a year if you turn it off after use, compared to about $10 if you don't.
The comprehensive report outlines significant changes industry needs to make. For now, though, here's what consumers can do to make a difference.
Always turn the system off when you are done playing a game or watching a movie. Don't assume that just because you turn off the TV that your console shuts down too. It doesn't. If you're in the middle of the game, save it so that you can pick up where you left off.
Enable the automatic power down feature, which will shut down your device if it's left idle for a certain amount of time. This isn't always easy to do and you might need to install software first so click here for step-by-step instructions.
Limit movie watching on gaming devices. Viewing movies on a stand-alone unit is a lot more efficient. The Playstation 3, for example, uses five times more power than the stand-alone Sony Blu-Ray player to play the same movie.
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/21/stop-wasting-money-video-games-and-energy-efficiency.html
Video game consoles consume a "staggeringly high" amount of energy, according to a report the Natural Resources Defense Council is releasing on Wednesday. How much electricity do they use each year? About as much as it takes to power the city of San Diego.
There's plenty of room for improvement. We can cut our nation's electricity bill by more than $1 billion and avoid 7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, according to the report.
How much can you personally save? Depends on what brand you choose. The Sony Playstation 3 and Microsofts Xbox 360 use as much as nine times more energy than the Nintendo Wii.
Habits play a crucial role as well. The systems use nearly the same amount of power when they are turned on and idle as they do when you are actively playing a game or watching a movie. If left on continuously, the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 will consume the same amount of energy as two new refrigerators over the course of a year.
Here's how the three major brands stack up against each other:
Sony Playstation 3 is the most power-hungry model. For the 2007 version, you'll spend about $12 a year if you turn the console off when you're not using it, compared to about $134 if you leave it on all the time.
Microsoft Xbox 360 ranks a close second. If you shut it down when you're not playing a game or watching a movie, it costs about $11 to operate annually. Leaving it on continuously will cost you $103.
Nintendo Wii uses significantly less energy than the others. It costs about $3 a year if you turn it off after use, compared to about $10 if you don't.
The comprehensive report outlines significant changes industry needs to make. For now, though, here's what consumers can do to make a difference.
Always turn the system off when you are done playing a game or watching a movie. Don't assume that just because you turn off the TV that your console shuts down too. It doesn't. If you're in the middle of the game, save it so that you can pick up where you left off.
Enable the automatic power down feature, which will shut down your device if it's left idle for a certain amount of time. This isn't always easy to do and you might need to install software first so click here for step-by-step instructions.
Limit movie watching on gaming devices. Viewing movies on a stand-alone unit is a lot more efficient. The Playstation 3, for example, uses five times more power than the stand-alone Sony Blu-Ray player to play the same movie.
Wow! Good thing I don't have those systems. So, I don't have to worry. :P
Xe-A-Thoul
Wow! Good thing I don't have those systems. So, I don't have to worry. :P
I'd pay the $3-$10 for the Wii if I had to. That's nothing.
ImAllTheRage
2009 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
It's only a matter of time before those shit suckers in the environmental movement wage war on the home video gaming console.
fuck yahoo. fuck
the guy who thought of this. fuck the world!
the guy who thought of this. fuck the world!
ImAllTheRage
2009 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant.
I don't want hippes painting the Wii green and using the Wii-mote to smoke pot.
Goomba_64
I don't want hippes painting the Wii green and using the Wii-mote to smoke pot.
knuclear200x
5908 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
dmac5297
fuck yahoo. fuck
the guy who thought of this. fuck the world!
i have this strange feeling you didnt even read the whole thing
Fuck the hippies. They have better threats to the enviroment to care about than Neen-ten-do consoles and the like.
ImAllTheRage
2009 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
I'm developing a way to run the NES off of nuclear power and hair spray.
knuclear200x
5908 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
ImAllTheRage
I'm developing a way to run the NES off of nuclear power and hair spray.
with a Global Warming generator?! how DARE youuuuuuuuuuu!
Are we going to eventually have those service console soon lights every time something goes out but can still be useable (just like that damn check engine/service engine soon light (depending on make) everytime the car thinks it's going to pollute more) just to make these EPA hippies happy? :roll:
Next thing you know there'll be tags on consoles saying it gets 0.3kW to the hour or 1kW to the hour, and of course the lighter kW hour models will be built shitty and everything else will cost more to maintain those models. :roll:
you can actually make an NES run off batteries :P
Next thing you know there'll be tags on consoles saying it gets 0.3kW to the hour or 1kW to the hour, and of course the lighter kW hour models will be built shitty and everything else will cost more to maintain those models. :roll:
ImAllTheRage
I'm developing a way to run the NES off of nuclear power and hair spray.
you can actually make an NES run off batteries :P
ImAllTheRage
2009 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
you can actually make an NES run off batteries
Cool. I could save up a year's worth of batteries, and dump them in a lake.
Cool. I could save up a year's worth of batteries, and dump them in a lake.
I have a PS3, but I'm not worried. It's not like I keep it turned on 24/7.
System
79987 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
Luckily for me, I unplug my Wii when it's not in use.
System
79987 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
sonic64
Luckily for me, I unplug my Wii when it's not in use.
Yeah, but everytime you switch it on you wipe out 12 endangered species. Stop doing it.
My Xbox is powered on boredom. The games make me bored which in turn powers the console. Please pay me with carbon credits.
System
79987 Posts
15 years, 10 months ago
Gitoku
sonic64Luckily for me, I unplug my Wii when it's not in use.
Yeah, but everytime you switch it on you wipe out 12 endangered species. Stop doing it.
How? :?
The power supply from Wiis kill hedgehogs and minks.
ImAllTheRage
you can actually make an NES run off batteries
Cool. I could save up a year's worth of batteries, and dump them in a lake.
why do that when you can buy rechargeable batteries?