How long before the environmentalists catch on to this and start condemning people for using a Kindle + house lights instead of using a backlit device in the dark?
When you're driving one in 20 years, that's what I'll call you.
BTW, a 60 watt equivalent CFL draws about 14 watts. I don't know why they don't just call them 14 watt bulbs. ???
They do that because the average consumer doesn't understand the math and the whole equivalent stuff naturally. In their minds they were using 60W bulbs and you want them to use 14W and that means less light etc. So they mark them as 60W equivalent to get across that it's the same light output.
I believe this is also due to the fact that the iPad doesn't do a whole lot compared to what your typical laptop does. Think about all those unnecessary applications that are loaded in the background on some PCs and you wonder why people think their machines get slower with age.
But it would make sense to me if they made it twice as thin to give me 4 days of continuous operation. I mean, come on, yes it's shiny and sleek, but I still can't fold it up and put it in my pocket.
[quote name="elmsley" url="/t/150850/apples-new-ipad-estimated-to-cost-1-36-per-year-to-charge#post_2132576"]I believe this is also due to the fact that the iPad doesn't do a whole lot compared to what your typical laptop does.[/QUOTE]
Seriously, my 42" plasma is on for about 4 hours a week. It's not using 360kWh per year. What a useless factoid to include.
I just looked at Best Buy and the 42" LG plasma they have listed is rated at 140kwh/year. I don't know how many hours a day they are assuming use on that. Still, it has a power draw just by being plugged in, same as a computer. My Mac Mini uses significantly less power at max load and at rest than my old PC did.
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60w CFL uses 13w or 113.8kwh of energy per year at 100% use. (13x 365 x 24)
An iPad 3 used 5hrs per day and charged with 85% efficiency uses 8.9 kwhrs per year.
But who leaves a light bulb on all day, every day? Compare it to your tv or desktop or something else.
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When you're driving one in 20 years, that's what I'll call you.
BTW, a 60 watt equivalent CFL draws about 14 watts. I don't know why they don't just call them 14 watt bulbs. ???
For the same reason 6mm to 70mm lens on a small sensor camera is marketed as being equivalent to a 36mm to 432mm lens on a 135/Full Frame camera.
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When you're driving one in 20 years, that's what I'll call you.
BTW, a 60 watt equivalent CFL draws about 14 watts. I don't know why they don't just call them 14 watt bulbs. ???
They do that because the average consumer doesn't understand the math and the whole equivalent stuff naturally. In their minds they were using 60W bulbs and you want them to use 14W and that means less light etc. So they mark them as 60W equivalent to get across that it's the same light output.
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If my math is right, they are assuming 60% average depletion and you unplug the charger when not in use.
They said from full discharge, every other day.
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Apple's new iPad estimated to cost $1.36 per year to charge
Probably cost $10 in jet fuel just to ship it to the US from China
I believe this is also due to the fact that the iPad doesn't do a whole lot compared to what your typical laptop does. Think about all those unnecessary applications that are loaded in the background on some PCs and you wonder why people think their machines get slower with age.
But it would make sense to me if they made it twice as thin to give me 4 days of continuous operation. I mean, come on, yes it's shiny and sleek, but I still can't fold it up and put it in my pocket.
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WHO GIVES A SHIT?
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Clearly you.
Exactly
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Seriously, my 42" plasma is on for about 4 hours a week. It's not using 360kWh per year. What a useless factoid to include.I just looked at Best Buy and the 42" LG plasma they have listed is rated at 140kwh/year. I don't know how many hours a day they are assuming use on that. Still, it has a power draw just by being plugged in, same as a computer. My Mac Mini uses significantly less power at max load and at rest than my old PC did.
Thing with 10 watt power supply costs less to charge than thing with 13 watt power input. Revolutionary!
Sigh...Really?
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Thing with 10 watt power supply costs less to charge than thing with 13 watt power input. Revolutionary!
Sigh...Really?
That's the first thing I thought... "Estimated"?? What genius had to "estimate" that 10W is less than 13W??