Electric consumption vs pollution

>>8591530
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>>8591530
>If I reduce the time I spend on the computer, do I help reduce pollution from the oil/coal power plants?
The short answer is yes.

>>8591538
Thanks, mate!

>>8591530
Yes, a computer isn't all that significant though, you'll make much more of a difference insulating your house better, eating less meat, or driving less

>>8592673
That is good to know.

Do you include nuclear in the "renewable" category ? For your information, nuclear is not a renewable energy. By the way, what's your country ?

>>8594131
Neither is wind or solar because the sun won't last forever

>>8594131
Portugal, no I'm not counting nuclear, here's the balance of november, 2016. http://www.apren.pt/fotos/editor2/11_boletim_energias_renovaveis-novembro.pdf

Also, it really is true that laptops don't consume that much, here's a list of a series of househould items that consume a lot more:
https://www.daftlogic.com/information-appliance-power-consumption.htm

laptop: 100W
tv 150
coffe maker 1400
desktopPC: 450
electric kettle 3000
fridge 400
homeAC 4000
iron 1000
lawnmoer 1400
microwave 1700
oven 2150
toaster 1800
vacuum 700
whashing machine 500

household power is only a fraction of a countries power
like 10%

>>8594172
source?

>>8594172
Wrong, according to this source,
http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/how-do-we-use-electricity
it's
industry-36%
households-31%
commercial-30%
transport-3%

>>8591530
According to this
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=96&t=3

Computers only use 2% of the electricity of a house

>>8594195
residential energy usage is not quite the same as household usage, I don't think

Also, UK doesn't have air conditioning? Europoors are fucking poor

>>8594204

>heating
>cooling

>>8594207
?
theres no cooling for the UK

>>8594232
Germany here and I dont have an ac either. It just never gets that warm and even if, my apartement is well insulated.
Why would I want a huge aparatus built into my place just because theres one or maybe two weeks of temperatures higher than 25C during summer?

>>8594232
I'm in the US and I don't have AC, not everywhere has hot enough summers to need it