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This wasted electricity accounts for about 5% to 10% of home energy use, depending on factors like the age of the equipment, according to Alexis Abramson, dean of the Columbia Climate School.

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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Charron recommends starting with small steps like unplugging chargers for phones and other devices

This is completely useless advice leftover from two decades ago. All of these chargers have been active power supplies for a long time, and use almost no power when not in use

Meanwhile my coffee maker’s power button is on a touch screen? Who the eff designed that? How about yelling at corps to stop doing shit like this?

[-] sem 1 points 1 week ago

Great context. Also your coffee maker sounds very fancy.

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