Because Oprah Says So
I have been cleaning the living room and now it looks empty. I had books and computer parts in boxes that were sitting in corners. I managed to put the computer parts in closets to get them out of the way. The task of sorting them is up to Josh. I managed to fit our books on the bookshelf. Now it looks empty in here.
Josh came home early (without calling me and frightening me to a near heart attack) because he is getting sick too. I have therefore crashed on the couch after sweeping.
Unfortunately, I’m watching Oprah. It is her green episode. The thing with the attempt at a green revolution is that more than likely, it won’t last. /sigh According to the statistics Oprah stated, the average person creates 4.5 lbs of trash/waste a day. All I have to say is, someone is doing more than that because Josh and I together create less than 63 lbs a week.
Anyhow, she did have a good product on the show today.
Smart Strips – They are power strips that turn on and off all of the devices when you turn on one particular device. You plug a control device (like your computer) into a specific spot of the power strip. Then you plug in the extras (monitor, scanner, printer, etc) into the other spots. When you turn on and off the control device, the extras are turned on and off as well. It would also be useful for entertainment centers as well.
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Smart Strips sound stupid if you ask me. I went to check out their site, as I’d never heard of them before, and $40 for a power strip isn’t my cup of tea. And while the refurbished ones are a little less than $30, there are none available on the site at this time, and you can save even more energy with a regular surge protecting power strip. They do have a great marketing strategy, however, I’ll admit that at least, and some people are just too lazy to flip a switch at the end of the day, so I can see a use for it for those folks.
How can you save more energy than using these expensive devices, you may ask? Computers, Televisions, and other electronics suck 40% of their full operational power, even when turned off. Surge protecting power strips can be turned off with a button and shut off all power to everything plugged into the strip. This stops not only your peripherals from sucking power as the Smart Strips do, but also stops your computer from doing it as well, saving you a good $1 or more per month, per computer, even in low power cost areas. Add to that te fact that a power strip that can do what I mentioned is about $4 at the local hardware store, and you are saving lots of money immediately.
Method: turn off computer, flip the button on the switch (with your foot if it’s on the floor). We do this with the constant-on-standby kitchen appliances as well.
Comment by Whimspiration — On 01-04-08 at 4:44 pm
I won’t say that they are stupid, mainly because most people won’t change their habits to turn off the surge protector. The company seems to be trying to reach those people (meaning companies) that will just turn off the computer and ignore everything else.
I say this because over my years in IT, I can only think of a handful of people that actually turned everything off.
Comment by miftik — On 01-04-08 at 4:44 pm