Comments on: How A Power Strip Can Help Save You $200 A Year

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:11:53 +0000

I am sorry but I call bogus on most of this one. Most of those devices when off really use very little electricity, so unplugging them, IMHO, is a waste of time. Remember that was a government agency and they did say UP TO 10%, not 10% for everyone. If you have a lot of older devices perhaps it would approach 10% but not for most of use, again IMHO.

Sleep mode on your computer, now that one is a different matter. I feel that is a good idea as long as you make sure your automatic backup, your patching, and anti-virus software can all wake it up to do their work in the middle of the night. In fact if you have a laptop set it to go to sleep when you close it then close when you are done.

By: Hulda Robertson

Hulda Robertson — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:56:48 +0000

This is great advice. I have started using the sleep mode when I am not active on the computer. I also started to unplug kitchen devices such as the coffee maker, table top oven and so on when not in use. It does save electricity. Thanks for the valuable advice.

By: Gobind Ajwani

Gobind Ajwani — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:50:05 +0000

very good practical suggestions for saving energy.

By: K.Vee.Shanker.

K.Vee.Shanker. — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:21:50 +0000

Very good and necessary article for all of us. We’ve all been concerned only about producing and consuming more all the time! Little do we realize that the need of the hour is conserving. In fact, it is alwys so! My guestimate is, if we consider all wastages during production, storage, transport, and consumption, it would work out to 50% or even more. Unfortunately,it’s so not only in the developed countries, but also in developing and poor countries of Asia and Africa too!

For me, conservation is actually much more than production if we take the envoronmental cost also into account!