booting computers

Trevor wrote:

"Wolfgang Weisselberg" wrote in message
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Of course, if electricity is so dear to you, you might try use
the computer less (less newsgroups, less photos, less websurfing)
and go to bed around sunset (saving electric lights).

Might have to the way things are going :-(

I happen to own a few XOs. They run at 7 Watts if everything
(including the camera and the screen at full brightness) is on
and the CPU is working heavily (and quite a bit less normally).
With the right technology, they can run off muscle power.
(Newer versions use even less power.)

That could be your solution.

But for the moment turning off at night is a good compromise.

Sleeping when it's dark and reducing heating and air conditioning
works even better.

-Wolfgang