Comments on: My high-tech remorse http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ray http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html/comment-page-1#comment-17462 Ray Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:16:27 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html#comment-17462 <p>Hey Marc, Regarding the wattage vampire, there are ways of reducing the grid strain and the personal footprint at the same time.</p> <p>We all know that the cost of an individual to go solar or wind power is not quite realistic at this point in time but one could do a partial and get the vampire effect in check till the big boys and girls (companies) get there stuff together. Like we all need a clock on every gadget we own.</p> <p>Any how here's what could be done at a limited cost. The trick would be in the set-up. one would have to use designated wiring for those things we would want to control. Next would be to install a switch that would snap you off of the grid and onto the small solar bank that you have installed at a minimal cost.</p> <p>The Idea behind all of this is simple. During peak or daytime hours you would naturally be switched to the grid and using the wattage required to run your gadgets. At night however when most people are in LaLa land the vampires would have been switched to a small solar bank to keep a minimal amount of juice running to them to keep their memory up and their settings and clocks going. A small solar bank could handle this easily and the vampire effect becomes nill on the grid, so there you have it, you've reduced your consumption and your footprint while keeping the vampires fed.</p> <p>Sure, like always there is a cost, but the cost and tech-savvy are pretty minimal and if some folks would be willing to share there savvy with there neighbours, everyone could have one of these systems. Ya Baby, Go Green!<br /> See Ya, Ray.</p> Hey Marc, Regarding the wattage vampire, there are ways of reducing the grid strain and the personal footprint at the same time.

We all know that the cost of an individual to go solar or wind power is not quite realistic at this point in time but one could do a partial and get the vampire effect in check till the big boys and girls (companies) get there stuff together. Like we all need a clock on every gadget we own.

Any how here's what could be done at a limited cost. The trick would be in the set-up. one would have to use designated wiring for those things we would want to control. Next would be to install a switch that would snap you off of the grid and onto the small solar bank that you have installed at a minimal cost.

The Idea behind all of this is simple. During peak or daytime hours you would naturally be switched to the grid and using the wattage required to run your gadgets. At night however when most people are in LaLa land the vampires would have been switched to a small solar bank to keep a minimal amount of juice running to them to keep their memory up and their settings and clocks going. A small solar bank could handle this easily and the vampire effect becomes nill on the grid, so there you have it, you've reduced your consumption and your footprint while keeping the vampires fed.

Sure, like always there is a cost, but the cost and tech-savvy are pretty minimal and if some folks would be willing to share there savvy with there neighbours, everyone could have one of these systems. Ya Baby, Go Green!
See Ya, Ray.

]]> By: Pagerboy http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html/comment-page-1#comment-17461 Pagerboy Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:46:00 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html#comment-17461 <p>Also those CFL bulbs use mercury! That isn't bad for the environment? Instead of burning natural gas or oil you can use electricity but how is it made, burning coal or nuclear? Not any better! They need to make wind and solar power plants and some that use the tides to make energy.</p> Also those CFL bulbs use mercury! That isn't bad for the environment? Instead of burning natural gas or oil you can use electricity but how is it made, burning coal or nuclear? Not any better! They need to make wind and solar power plants and some that use the tides to make energy.

]]> By: becca http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html/comment-page-1#comment-17460 becca Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:09:53 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html#comment-17460 <p>Not so sure about the CFL bulbs. I suppose in summer they could be good, but that's 3 months of the year. The rest of the year you would lose the heat otherwise given off by a standard bulb, which is powered by electricity (clean to use and some of which is cleanly produced), and have to turn up the thermostat, using heat often generated by oil. Kind of like how my city wants to ban the stores from giving out plastic bags for your merchandise, which just means I will have to spend my money buying white kitchen trash can bags instead of using free grocery bags. Still sending the plastic to the landfill, but at greater cost to me. And no more could I stop in at a store that looked interesting on my way home from work unless I had planned my shoping in advance and brought my own bags.</p> Not so sure about the CFL bulbs. I suppose in summer they could be good, but that's 3 months of the year. The rest of the year you would lose the heat otherwise given off by a standard bulb, which is powered by electricity (clean to use and some of which is cleanly produced), and have to turn up the thermostat, using heat often generated by oil. Kind of like how my city wants to ban the stores from giving out plastic bags for your merchandise, which just means I will have to spend my money buying white kitchen trash can bags instead of using free grocery bags. Still sending the plastic to the landfill, but at greater cost to me. And no more could I stop in at a store that looked interesting on my way home from work unless I had planned my shoping in advance and brought my own bags.

]]> By: Pierre Laberge http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html/comment-page-1#comment-17459 Pierre Laberge Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:33:55 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html#comment-17459 <p>Mark:</p> <p>It is too bad that the engineers do not design our things to use less power. </p> <p>It is also too bad most of them do not have a bay for a 9v rechargeable battery, like most alarms clocks do.</p> <p>It is a real drudge to always have to reset the microwave, VCR, DVD, TV and etc... clocks, calendars, and default settings after a power failure. </p> <p>I was even thinking of getting a UPS for the TV/ CVR/ DVD and so on components. I wonder if you could recommend a good make and model?</p> <p>I went to the APS website, but the info they needed keyed in was so long, and complex that I gave up. <br /> Pierre</p> Mark:

It is too bad that the engineers do not design our things to use less power.

It is also too bad most of them do not have a bay for a 9v rechargeable battery, like most alarms clocks do.

It is a real drudge to always have to reset the microwave, VCR, DVD, TV and etc… clocks, calendars, and default settings after a power failure.

I was even thinking of getting a UPS for the TV/ CVR/ DVD and so on components. I wonder if you could recommend a good make and model?

I went to the APS website, but the info they needed keyed in was so long, and complex that I gave up.
Pierre

]]> By: Mike http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html/comment-page-1#comment-17458 Mike Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:02:58 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html#comment-17458 <p>give me a break the world as been in crising for over 1000 years if not more dont believe all this hunk and junk of global warming its been around for years</p> give me a break the world as been in crising for over 1000 years if not more dont believe all this hunk and junk of global warming its been around for years

]]> By: Hawk http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html/comment-page-1#comment-17457 Hawk Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:19:45 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2007/06/my-high-tech-re.html#comment-17457 <p>Wow...the fact that so much energy is used by a simple light makes me feel kind of guilty, too. I have an MP3 player that recharges rather than using disposable batteries-I'm not sure if it's better for the environment, since it would use some of the energy going into the computer.</p> Wow…the fact that so much energy is used by a simple light makes me feel kind of guilty, too. I have an MP3 player that recharges rather than using disposable batteries-I'm not sure if it's better for the environment, since it would use some of the energy going into the computer.

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