How the Xbox’s default “instant on” feature could harm the environment

NRDC: Default Series S/X option responsible for 3 million tons of CO2 by 2025.

Read the whole story

 

[anon_coward]

Boy, the NRDC's going to have a fit when they start looking at the computers with kilowatt power supplies with graphics cards that draw over 300W and CPUs that draw over 100W while gaming.



I agree with the NRDC though, to have the default power mode set to the lowest one on consumer gaming consoles just because average people won't know to switch it to low power mode and the fact that there are so many consoles in households.

BTW I'm one of those energy hogs that runs his Xbox One so that upgrades can happen in the background.

not the point

people are claiming to love the environment and they choose to leave their electronics half on when unused just to save a few seconds on boot up. the electricity has to come from somewhere and a lot is still made by fossil fuels.

same with cars. CAFE could be up in the 40's or higher but people want fast acceleration and so the automakers tune their cars for power and not efficiency