Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Computers use more electricity while they are in use. But when they are not
> in use (but turned on), they still use electricity, and almost of it could
> be considered "wasted".

  But that "base" power consumption, ie. the minimum amount of electricity
a PC consumes when idle, cannot be utilized eg. for calculations.
Immediately when you start doing calculations, the CPU will start
consuming more energy, and thus basically you are now consuming additional
energy to perform calculations.

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                                                          - Warp

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