The Green Lounge

Written by Ben Hall
Monday, 05 May 2008
www.lawrentian.com A PC laptop or MacBook. There are actually differences in the "greenness" of PCs versus Mac computers. Unfortunately, little information was available specifically on laptops, so I've used desktops as a surrogate comparison. The typical laptop of either flavor uses energy at anywhere from 15 to 45 watts (W, or joules of energy per second, a lightbulb uses 60). A PC desktop computer uses at minimum 95 but up to 330W... View complete story

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Cloud B Eco-Friendly Sleep Toys

Filed under: Gadgets and Tech, Kids and Parenting, Plants and Wildlife
Cloud B, in conjunction with an advisory board of pediatricians and specialists, have...
Video Game Consoles Waste $1 Billion in Energy a Year

Filed under: Gadgets and Tech, Home

As video game consoles get more advanced, their power consumption increases. This evolution of entertainment has led to...
Mozilla Goes Organic Like Only a Browser Can

Filed under: Gadgets and Tech, News, GreenTech
Firefox is easily my browser of choice. I converted a while back when Safari just wasn't working with...
Dirt power: Who wants an LED lamp that runs on soil?

Filed under: Gadgets and Tech, Alternative Energy
In the race for sustainable fuels, we've seen some real doozies -- like yo-yo power, pedal-power,
Gaming affects polar bears too

Filed under: Gadgets and Tech, Movies, TV and Books, Green on Campus

Gaming is an international pass-time. I have been doing it...

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Goodbye, GM, Chrysler, Hello Green Alternatives

I live in a part of North America that is dependent on the auto industry and I am seeing it break down around me.

Every day it seems the...
America voted 'green'

Last Tuesday a majority of Americans 'voted green'. They voted for, and the Electoral College is duty-bound to select Senator Barack Obama as President, whose platform contained an extensive list...
The Green Side of Ontario's Proposed Handheld Device Law
There is an interesting side to the Province of Ontario's just tabled legislation that would restrict using handheld devices while driving: a provision that would allow informal carpools.
New Green Solar Flashlight Available

Not only is it important for people to begin taking responsibility for the environment by going 'green', it's also important to make use of alternative energy sources to further sustainability...
Here's How To Make Airports Really Green...
I applaud the airports for taking steps to use less energy, generate fewer emissions, and recycle more, as reported in a USA Today story last week that I had perused...

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Obama's Tax Policy will promote Clean Energy
President-elect Barack Obama plans to shift tax incentives to encourage more use of renewable energy sources, predicted one tax expert.?Both for individuals and businesses, there will a drive to promote...
Diver suffers pain from Navy sonar tests
Then, one person at the Washington office of the National Marine Fisheries Service said that what we had been exposed to was a ?classified government test.? We laughed at that...
Save Our Salmon - Beat a Bureaucrat
It is really pretty simple. For trout and salmon to survive, you need clean, healthy, fast flowing rivers. If you want to live in a state where trout and...
You knew there was plastic in the ocean; but not this much!
Teeny-tiny bits of plastic compete with plankton and fish eggs as for for ocean life. Outrageous!
Google CEO Touts Green Energy Shock Doctrine
At a talk in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, the head-honcho of the Search Engine That Walks Like a Verb did see a green lining in the current financial crisis: an...

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AMD Sneak Peeks Phenom II, Overclocks To 5+GHz
We?ve been spending some quality time with the folks at AMD today in sunny Austin, TX today. The team here has been giving us a run-down on their upcoming...
StumbleUpon Readies for Another Version Release
Around 8:00 pm last night, November 19, 2008, StumbleUpon made an announcement in their Beta Group discussions area that they have rolled the majority of their users back to V2...
Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs
In the interests of all those readers who need to unlock their iPhone 3G?s for use on different carriers andtested an iPhone 3G unlock that really seems to work. While...
Verizon Wireless bets on Storm for holiday season
Verizon Wireless is betting on the new BlackBerry Storm for the all-important holiday season, hoping the highly anticipated smartphone can compete against the iPhone offered by rival wireless provider AT&T...
Ultra-wideband radio rides a beam of light
Multiple high-definition videos and other data-rich services may soon stream through homes, offices, ships and planes via new hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems developed by European researchers.

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Is Going Green Really Golden?
Reseller Advocate Magazine questions the value of greener computing products for consumers. "Many top PC equipment manufacturers tout energy-efficient, eco-friendly products they claim will save users' money and...
Laptop or desktop? Which is the least environmentally harmful?

Until recently, power consumption in use has received most attention and laptops have been judged the greenest. A more balanced appreciation of life-cycle costs is growing, especially of the...
80 Plus expands podium: Bronze, Silver & Gold

An article about expanding categories in the 80 Plus incentive program for high efficiency computer power supplies has been posted at our affiliate site, Silent PC Review. Nearly 500 models...
Google's RE "less than" C Goal: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal

Today Google announced their new RE "less than" C initiative.

The initial focus of the program will be on: advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems,...
OLPC XO-1 Laptop available in USA briefly

Available in the US until 26 Nov. 07: A $400 donation to the OLPC project nets you one laptop (value $200) and a tax receipt for $200...