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Which is Greener, A Battery or An Electric Outlet?
John Platt, September 24, 2009
I take my laptop everywhere I go. I also take my power cord. Because even if I can run my laptop off its internal battery, I try not to.Why? Running my laptop off the battery or off of a wall outlet uses the same electricity, right? I mean, after all, you recharge your laptop battery through the wall, so why is it any different?
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Is the G in Gmail for Green?
John Platt, September 17, 2009
I get a lot of email. Dozens, if not hundreds, of messages a day. Sending, receiving and reading those messages takes energy, and even the tiny amount of energy required for an email adds up when you consider the thousands of messages we all get every year. What's a green-thinking computer user to do?
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Mac Users: Cut Your Energy Bills by Upgrading to Snow Leopard
John Platt, September 15, 2009
Are you a Mac person? If so, you've probably been salivating over the release of the new Snow Leopard operating system. Well here's one more reason to upgrade your OS: apparently, Snow Leopard reduces the energy use of Mac computers, which can result in small savings for individuals and huge savings for the Mac community as a whole.
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Protect Your Laptop with an Eco-Friendly Sleeve
John Platt, September 08, 2009
When you buy a laptop, you also need to buy something to carry it in, right? Well, a lot of laptop sleeves are made out of a popular substance called neoprene, which contains all kinds of nasty, toxic chemicals.
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Kindle Greener Than Books -- If You Use It Enough
John Platt, September 04, 2009
The debate over whether paper books are greener than e-books just got a bit more complicated.A new study by The Cleantech Group finds that Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader is actually greener than physical books -- but only if you use it enough.
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Free Program Saves Energy by Turning Off Your Monitor
John Platt, August 27, 2009
Letting your computer idle for too long wastes energy, costs money, and creates carbon emissions that can be avoided. How bad is the problem? It's estimated that idling computers cost businesses $2.8 billion a year to power the 108 million unused machines left on every night.
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Download Your Music - It's the Greener Alternative
John Platt, August 25, 2009
Which is greener, a CD you buy from a store on a song you download online? The answer is the MP3... usually.
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Help Reforest Kenya By Donating Computers, School Supplies
John Platt, August 20, 2009
Got an old computer that could be put to good use somewhere else? The Help Kenya Project wants to hear from you.The Help Kenya Project, located in Westchester County, New York, collects old computers and other school supplies and ships them to Kenya to help enhance educational efforts there.
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Improve Your Laptop's Efficiency with a Cooling Tray
John Platt, August 13, 2009
My wife's new laptop burns HOT. Holy cow, it produces a lot of heat. That taxes a computer's system pretty heavily, reducing its efficiency and putting a lot of extra wear and tear on the entire device.The solution? A laptop cooling tray.
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Put Your Computer to Use Fighting Climate Change When You're Not Using It
John Platt, August 13, 2009
Do you often leave your computer running for hours on end while you're not using it? That wasted energy adds up, but now there's a way you can put it to good use and help improve the world.
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