"I asked the Energy Star people for some recommendations for smart, energy-conscious computing. Let's face it, electricity is getting more expensive, and some common methods used to produce it are contributing to the greenhouse gases that are accelerating global warming. No matter how you slice it, cutting down energy consumption—however small the individual contribution—is worth doing personally, financially, and globally."

About 2 years ago, we had some really old desktop unit that wasn't doing much. I finally convinced my husband to get rid of it and noticed that it was using $12 a month of electricity on it's own!! I knew I was right to toss that thing.