More than 30 billion kilowatt-hours of energy is wasted because many of us simply forget to shut down our computers when we aren’t using them. “So far our  268538   users have saved 2738300.0 kWh Equal to 1314384.0 gallons of oil or 145129.9 trees”  You always wandered what you could do to save the world a bit, didn’t you? Well, you can join the Local Cooling Movement …

…  Since we launched LocalCooling in November 2006, the project has managed to raise the level of awareness about how PCs can contribute towards climate change. For some time, there has been an increasing level of consciousness amongst the global PC-using community that by optimizing your PC’s power settings, you can save otherwise wasted energy. By using LocalCooling, you contributed to this in a big way…..

….A barrel of oil contains 42 gallons and produces an average 556 kilowatt hours of electrical power. Now consider your computer. A good spec PC can use up to 200 watts per hour. If you have a CRT monitor, it adds a further 80 watts (TFT screens use less). So your system is consuming over 1 kWh of power for every four hours of normal use. If you leave your computer on 24/7, that’s the equivalent of a whole barrel of oil every 90 days! If you optimize your computer with LocalCooling and power down when you are not using it you could extend this to over six months!…  (read more)