{"id":6407,"date":"2010-03-26T21:03:37","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T03:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6407"},"modified":"2010-03-26T21:03:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T03:03:37","slug":"computer-energy-use-how-do-you-keep-it-at-a-sustainable-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/computer-energy-use-how-do-you-keep-it-at-a-sustainable-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Energy Use: How Do You Keep It at a Sustainable Level (PPB #12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6408\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6408\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/03\/blogathon-central.jpg\" alt=\"blogathon central\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blogathon Central at the Milkweed Mercantile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You might consider this <a href=\"http:\/\/lagomorph.org\/2010\/03\/26\/how-you-can-reduce-your-computers-electricity-use-to-a-sustainable-level\/\">guest post<\/a> on keeping computer energy use down by Tony Sirna a bit ironic, as we&#8217;re all sitting around a table with our laptops plugged in. 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