2007-07-28 12:22:43 · 8 answers · asked by mourin 2 in Environment ➔ Green Living
Yes. You should do this as much as possible to save yourself money, reduce resources needed, prevent air pollution, and yes...reduce greenhouse gasses.
2007-07-28 12:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not as simple to answer as some would have you think.
Some older electronics really do take a lot of power, some newer ones are pretty frugal.
It also depends on how long you are going to leave it off- 2 hours or 8 or 12, or days?
As one fellow said, get a home AC watt meter, and plug it in to different devices to see what they draw. ( I have one and use it frequently) they are available at your local Harbor Freight store, but call first to save a wasted trip.
Speaking of the savings, you will be saving money, and energy in addition to CO2. Also, mercury and some other nasty things that wont be going into the environment.
Get the P3 Kill a watt meter, and see what things take for power. Made me get a new refrigerator, that saved a bunch of energy.
Some think saving a lousy 30 watts per hour each night isn't worth much effort, but if one thousand houses did that, it equals about 100 megawatt hours in a year.. lots of coal.
2007-07-29 00:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rockies VM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
JP you are full of it and have no idea of what you are talking about.
I have a Kil-a-watt meter that can be pluged into an outlet and you plug a power strip in to it with your computer, tv, dvd and other items you normally leave on.. I found that just my living room items alone pulls about 46 watts when all are turned off. I even checked the computer speakers when it was turned off and it even uses power.
Anything that uses a remote control will use power because it has to keep checking to see if you pushed the on button on the remote. My Bose system has on of them block type plugs on it that converts the AC power to DC so it is always pulling so many amps and I mean amps not milli amps.
If you add up 46 watts for 24 hours is 1104 watts per day. So that means times thirty days is 33,120 watts a month times 12 months is 397,440 watts a year.
I don't know about anyone else but that is a lot. So put on power strips. The ones that don't have a light in them because that uses power too..
Here is a P3 International Kill-A-Watt Meter if you are wondering what it is.
http://store.oynot.com/solar-meters.html
2007-07-28 22:51:06 · answer #3 · answered by Don K 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would say, does the amount really matter? I have made it a practice and have noticed a significant decrease in my electric bill (and also my enviro conscience meter). Power strips are a wonderful idea. Even if you hated the environment, doesn't everyone love to save money? The exception, alarm clocks...but then, you can always use a cell phone charged with a solar charger=)
2007-07-29 02:00:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How much C02 do you think you would be expelling running around your house unplugging and plugging in all those cords?While were at it where is the study on how much C02 is expelled by a person riding his bike to work? Or walking off lunch. Where does the power come from when you plug in your electric car I'll bet from a power plant that's three or more generations old and mired in red tape By Environmentalists. Do your part to reduce C02 Hold your breath for the rest of your life the polar bears will love you.
Just a little Quiz?
Q:What is the #1 green house gas by vol%
A: WATER VAPER 96%
Q: What do you and scientists know about how it affects global warming?
A: Not much! Al Gore and the U.N. are afraid to talk about it.
Q: What is the driver and the slave C02 or Temp.
A:Temp go's up first the oceans warm up and release more C02. Temp drives C02
Danni
2007-07-28 19:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by Danni 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Well gee folks don't let any of these baloney babbling know-it-all 5 star ignoramuses drive you over the edge with unplugging things to save on stand by loads. The stand by load for a TV is in the range of 50 Milliamps, to save the channel programming. Literally a whiff of electricity!
This isn't even enough to make your electric meter turn.
For fax, printers or computers it is even less and I'm not even going to measure this, because all of this is high density baloney from those who don't even know what they're talking about.
Those who really want to save power should call the power company and have sleeves pushed over the prongs of the power meter, then the house is in the dark and no more current flows.
I think it is time to stop all this nonsensical blah blah.
If at some point the national power grid would collapse for whatever unknown reason, then these morons would scream the loudest because their ice-cream would turn into slush and their kids would go into a hissy-fit because they can't play with their Nintendo.
Get real folks, will you please!
On second thought:
Sure y'all keep unplugging things, at least it'll give you something to do and something to believe in.
Why should I even care.
2007-07-28 20:36:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes. It takes only a moment and will save you money in the long run.
2007-07-29 12:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by galyamike 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should. However it will be easier if you plug them into a power strip. That way you can plug in several items and shut them all off at once
2007-07-28 20:37:18 · answer #8 · answered by xg6 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋