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GREENING YOUR COMPUTER USAGE
Follow the 'turn it off' advice and save, on average, $75 a year. (Source: Julo at Wikimedia Commons)
The average personal computer is a real energy guzzler. Only about half of the power it uses makes videogames run, or music play, or run office software. The other half goes up in wasted heat. Shawn Allee found out there are energy-saving PCs, but maybe using the computer correctly can save the most power and money:
Average retail price of electricity
Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: December 29, 2008
Running Time: 3:12