Here's some perspective:
If every single person in the US ran a computer consuming 100W on idle for an entire year, that would add up to around 300 terawatt hours, or about one tenth of the US' electricity consumption that year.
If every single person in the US ran a computer consuming 100W on idle for an entire year, that would add up to around 300 terawatt hours, or about one tenth of the US' electricity consumption that year.
But regardless I agree these regulations are a good thing. These computers should be shipped in a low power configuration.
"Sleeping" is not the same as idle.
> Computers sleeping with 11.5w of power draw are banned (100kw/y depending on configuration), not 100w. That is more or less pushing a high end graphics card for 20 minutes. So a drop in the bucket for a workstation or gaming pc.
Even assuming those units are watt hours, I have no idea where you're going with this. Specifically the second sentence. What is a drop in the bucket for a workstation or gaming pc? Is what the power draw during sleep compared to total power draw, or are you comparing some of the other quantities you brought up?
> But regardless I agree these regulations are a good thing.
That's not what I was trying to say or did say. My post was supposed to give people an idea of the general magnitude we're dealing with.
The EU regulated refrigerator power use decades ago.
https://www.beko.co.uk/tall-larder-fridge-lsp3671d-black-sil...