Efficient Power Supply Contest

A reader writes: "In the June (paper) issue of Scientific American, there is a mini-article descibing the energy being wasted by power supplies in computers. Those things are only 60-70% efficient in converting line-voltage AC to low-voltage DC, and there are so many millions of them out there that a modest efficiency increase could trim $1billion or more from the annual energy costs of the USA. Well, various governmental agencies are seeking to get improved power-supply efficiency into the marketplace. The central "clearinghouse" site is at efficientpowersupplies.org, and details of their contest are in this PDF."

Comments

How exactly am I supposed to ...

[burgburgburg]

fry my eggs if this sort of behavior becomes standard?

Hooray for inefficient power supplies!

[Anonymous Coward]

They keep my bedroom warm in the winter without kicking on the furnace, and the fan blowing air over them masks the street noise outside.

there are no energy savings

[bs_testability]

it's a law.

Re:get it while its hot!

[operagost]

That sounds just like my website, except I run Apache and I have to go to another room to get my Cokes.

Re:Another lovely beancounter's story...

[operagost]

A perfect example of "dumb luck".

Re:Totally inefficient.

[JCOTTON]

I am fat and I don't have the energy to get up and unplug the little sucker.

Re:WTF?

[aardvarkjoe]

$0.21?! That's like almost 5 times what we pay for electricity. Ah... is good to live next to nuclear power.

Not to mention the money you save on light bulbs...