Re: Computers use 7W when SWITCHED OFF!

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"Zod" <Zod@home.com> wrote in message
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> Let me do the sums. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 24 times 365 days is 8760 Hours in a year
> 1000 Watt/Hr  costs 17 cents
> 1 Watt/Hr costs .017 cents
> 8760 times 1 Watt  times .017 cents is 148.92 cents
> 1 Watt costs $1.48 per year
> 7 Watts costs $10.36 per year

Multiplied by Xmillion computers not turned off properly around the world,
and you're taking billions of dollars of wasted money.  :-)

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