http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-229 Matt Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:31:35 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-229 Paper-making also uses a tremendous amount of water. Can't remember how much (it was twenty years ago), but it's a lot. Envelopes from paper bills and junk mail often make good scrap paper. Reuse centers often have industrial paper scraps, cut to useful sizes. Check around your local area - I haven't had to buy new paper in years. Saves a lot of money, too. But Mom will have to get used to getting her letters on the blank side of junk mail. :) Paper-making also uses a tremendous amount of water. Can’t remember how much (it was twenty years ago), but it’s a lot. Envelopes from paper bills and junk mail often make good scrap paper. Reuse centers often have industrial paper scraps, cut to useful sizes. Check around your local area – I haven’t had to buy new paper in years. Saves a lot of money, too. But Mom will have to get used to getting her letters on the blank side of junk mail.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-16888 Matt Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-16888 Paper-making also uses a tremendous amount of water. Can't remember how much (it was twenty years ago), but it's a lot. Envelopes from paper bills and junk mail often make good scrap paper. Reuse centers often have industrial paper scraps, cut to useful sizes. Check around your local area - I haven't had to buy new paper in years. Saves a lot of money, too. But Mom will have to get used to getting her letters on the blank side of junk mail. :) Paper-making also uses a tremendous amount of water. Can’t remember how much (it was twenty years ago), but it’s a lot. Envelopes from paper bills and junk mail often make good scrap paper. Reuse centers often have industrial paper scraps, cut to useful sizes. Check around your local area – I haven’t had to buy new paper in years. Saves a lot of money, too. But Mom will have to get used to getting her letters on the blank side of junk mail.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-228 Sarah Lozanova Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:04:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-228 The manufacture of paper is also uses a lot of energy. Those are all good tips. The manufacture of paper is also uses a lot of energy. Those are all good tips.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-16887 Sarah Lozanova Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-16887 The manufacture of paper is also uses a lot of energy. Those are all good tips. The manufacture of paper is also uses a lot of energy. Those are all good tips.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-227 Nick Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:32:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-227 And this is with many computers using a lot of energy! In total, my many computers probably take over a kilowatt. I suppose I might be a bit above average, but if there is a movement towards more efficient computers instead of fast ones, I'm sure these numbers could improve even more. Maybe the new, cheap, linux-based PCs (like the Asus Eee and Walmart PC) will help that. And this is with many computers using a lot of energy! In total, my many computers probably take over a kilowatt. I suppose I might be a bit above average, but if there is a movement towards more efficient computers instead of fast ones, I’m sure these numbers could improve even more. Maybe the new, cheap, linux-based PCs (like the Asus Eee and Walmart PC) will help that.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-16886 Nick Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:32:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-16886 And this is with many computers using a lot of energy! In total, my many computers probably take over a kilowatt. I suppose I might be a bit above average, but if there is a movement towards more efficient computers instead of fast ones, I'm sure these numbers could improve even more. Maybe the new, cheap, linux-based PCs (like the Asus Eee and Walmart PC) will help that. And this is with many computers using a lot of energy! In total, my many computers probably take over a kilowatt. I suppose I might be a bit above average, but if there is a movement towards more efficient computers instead of fast ones, I’m sure these numbers could improve even more. Maybe the new, cheap, linux-based PCs (like the Asus Eee and Walmart PC) will help that.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-226 Uncle B Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:30:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-226 Printers consume a huge amount of resources including electricity. I put everything on my hard drive, then review it at the end of the quarter, and commit what I want to keep to a DVD after compressing. Paper bills, ink bills and power bills have all dropped, as well as aggravation with printers and piles of used and now useless paper. Printers consume a huge amount of resources including electricity. I put everything on my hard drive, then review it at the end of the quarter, and commit what I want to keep to a DVD after compressing. Paper bills, ink bills and power bills have all dropped, as well as aggravation with printers and piles of used and now useless paper.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/internet-reducing-american-energy-consumption/#comment-16885 Uncle B Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:30:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/02/14/26/#comment-16885 Printers consume a huge amount of resources including electricity. I put everything on my hard drive, then review it at the end of the quarter, and commit what I want to keep to a DVD after compressing. Paper bills, ink bills and power bills have all dropped, as well as aggravation with printers and piles of used and now useless paper. Printers consume a huge amount of resources including electricity. I put everything on my hard drive, then review it at the end of the quarter, and commit what I want to keep to a DVD after compressing. Paper bills, ink bills and power bills have all dropped, as well as aggravation with printers and piles of used and now useless paper.

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