I feel like I always think of solar punk as a macro thing where a lot has to change but there are still smaller wins we can implement, what have you been doing?
I feel like I always think of solar punk as a macro thing where a lot has to change but there are still smaller wins we can implement, what have you been doing?
I picked up an old used SFF (Small Form Factor) office PC a couple years ago to use as my daily driver instead of my gaming PC. Based on a Kill-o-watt power usage meter, my gaming PC would idle at around 40w, while the office PC (with a fairly power efficient i7-7700 and integrated graphics) idles at 10w, so 3x more efficient. Now I only ever boot up the gaming PC when I actually need its performance. As a side bonus, the DDR3 RAM it uses is still very affordable on the used market. It browses the web and plays videos really well, and even plays most games I’m interested in nowadays :)
I reduced power usage significantly by running a small e-ink monitor for reading/writing and office tasks. It uses so little energy that I can’t even notice a difference in the power meter.
Also, for the people that keep the pc on most of the time, you’re probably going to have the same overall experience if you activate auto suspend
Never thought to use an e-ink display as a monitor, great idea!
Also 100% worth using auto suspend :D