Standby Electronics a Waste?

gnunick writes to tell us BBC News is reporting that UK citizens waste quite a bit of electricity each year by leaving electronic gadgets on standby or charging. Critics are arguing that standby mode on electronics are completely unnecessary and should be removed for a number of reasons. From the article: "To put it another way, the entire population of Glasgow could fly to New York and back again and the resulting emissions would still be less than that from devices left in sleep mode."

Comments

Tell me exactly...

[soulctcher]

...how they can come up with numbers like this. For every study like this that shows one result, you can find a mirror study that shows the opposite. Frankly, I don't know a single person that keeps any devices in standby.

I'm sorry, what about the US???

[jonbusby]

Excuse me? are the entire UK the only people wasting electricity this way?? what about THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE US?

Stupid study

[cfx666]

Critics are arguing that studies about standby mode on electronics are completely unnecessary. Who are they to tell me what use of my gadgets is necessary and what not? Quit wasting money on stupid studies and let the price of energy decide if a use is worth it.

Cfx

Re:Stupid study

[jesser]

What cost isn't incorporated into the price of electricity, and why not?

Re:Stupid study

[Viol8]

They're not talking about the valid exceptions to the rule you moron. God
help you're wife ifs shes stuck in a wheelchair and has to listen to your
thick witted ramblings all day.

Fly population of Glasgow to New York and back ..

[DataCannibal]

..again?

Couldn't we all just switch of half of our devices that are in standby and fly the population of Glasgow to New York one way.

Or maybe the Huns could switch off their stuff and fly the Tims out, or the other way round... or better still fly each other out one way and then we could let Rangers and Celtic into the Premier League but wouldn't get their bigoted obnoxious supporters.

Re:A small step in the right direction

[tigersha]

99.9999% of all /.ers live in their mothers' basement and, as such, do not pay for power. Besides, everyone here CLAIMS to have their machines on all the time which in reality is bullshit.

One day in the far future they will all realize that their dicks did not grow because they had a multi-aeon uptime on the Trusy Ol' White Box.

Re:Any heat is good heat in winter

[DNS-and-BIND]

Being from a cold climate, you're going to have stupid ideas about how people should act in winter. It makes sense, because in places that are not your home country, winter lasts a mere 2-3 months, instead of the majority of the year. Heat isn't really that important.

Get over yourself. I come from a warm climate, and I got used to the fact that not everybody thinks the same as I do. Air conditioning is a luxury, not a necessity. I took off my blinders. Evidently, Europeans are excused from this, due to their superior culture. It's not like they're destroying the planet with SUV emissions.