Comments on: Do something practical ! http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/03/30/do-something-practical/ stuff about international development and technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Kevin http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/03/30/do-something-practical/#comment-2784 Kevin Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:39:11 +0000 http://blog.ngowiki.net/2008/03/30/do-something-practical/#comment-2784 Great piece. Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint have the easiest power management I have seen to date. After about 10 minutes, my monitor powers off. After a couple hours, it normally shuts off. In Vietnam, one way to save power in the homes is to turn off the circuits in parts of the house you do not use. The inefficient wiring sucks a lot of electricity. I figured I save between 5-8 kw each day by turning them off. A lot of electricity here is wasted this way unfortunately. People with electric bikes think they are saving electricity as well but it turns out that it may not be the case. Yeah, it saves pollution here but it just creates it somewhere else. Great piece. Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint have the easiest power management I have seen to date. After about 10 minutes, my monitor powers off. After a couple hours, it normally shuts off.

In Vietnam, one way to save power in the homes is to turn off the circuits in parts of the house you do not use. The inefficient wiring sucks a lot of electricity. I figured I save between 5-8 kw each day by turning them off.

A lot of electricity here is wasted this way unfortunately. People with electric bikes think they are saving electricity as well but it turns out that it may not be the case. Yeah, it saves pollution here but it just creates it somewhere else.

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