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ggrobot
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 Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:19 am Post subject: Xbox's [52127]] |
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The uot;instant onuot; feature on new Xbox Series S/X consoles could suck up a total of 4 billion kWhâ??the equivalent of a year's operation for a large power plantâ??from US owners alone through 2025. That's according to a preliminary report released this week from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environ
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Sabot
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| Does anyone remember when TVs had on/off buttons? Then there was a campaign about stopping them being left in ‘stand by’ mode with the remote power button. Now they have a ‘instant on’ mode as well variable power usage. Just put a bloody button on them..... smacks of hypocrisy. |
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gx-x
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People pay for electricity, I don't see a problem...My PC goes to sleep instead of shut down for over 7 years now.
How much electricity EVs eat? I bet one Tesla uses thousands of xboxes worth of power usage per day...and that's "green" |
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lorcro2000
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There's a difference between necessary and unnecessary energy consumption.
The Xbox should never have had an option to use anything except energy saving. People can wait a few more seconds for the console to spin up. |
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Csimbi
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I don't think it's going to get a green sticker (energy efficient), lol
Thank God for Thunderstorms! Those are going to take care of these problems. |
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gx-x
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| lorcro2000 wrote: | There's a difference between necessary and unnecessary energy consumption.
The Xbox should never have had an option to use anything except energy saving. People can wait a few more seconds for the console to spin up. |
yea, and driving EV is necessary...
Look, I've heard about energy vampires 30 years ago. This is nothing new. Even Adult Swim made fun of things like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gufWCiyK4E
Stop trying to force people to do the worse thing AFTER you have given them the better option... |
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Sabot
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Just drop the electricity bill on your brat, then listen to them spout about climate change.. |
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