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Standby TVs Waste Electricity, How About ACPI?
twitter asks: "There's power management and there's standby, do you know the difference? The BBC is running story on how much electricity is wasted by TV standby mode. Thanks to the very useful EnergyStar program, I'd be the one in seven who thought they were saving electricity, with the standby button. I've been very happy with APM and hibernation on laptops, and want to do something similar with the desktops I use. What's the state of APM / ACPI Wake-on-LAN for Linux these days?" Slashdot touched on this issue, earlier in the week, but that article was more on TVs, not on computer power saving technologies.
How a comment like this could be mederated informative is beyond me.
It's just a load of whinging.
If you don't want to invest in Solar heating, that's your choice. They do actually pay for themselves within a few years though. Just don't be complaining you can't afford the oil in years to come.
It's not unusual for people to renew their heating systems, and remortgage their house to get work done.
As for snow, have you heard of an invention called a brush?
And wind power isn't meant for personal use any more than fusion reactors. It's up to you to support it and maybe a little public initiative. Nobody's expecting you to put up a 300-foot turbine in your backyard.
Both technologies have proven themselves very praticable.