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绿色PC——可行的实践与选择 虽然每个耗电不过几十瓦,但由于数量庞大,已成为耗能大户。例如美国现在已拥有6000万台左右的电脑,其耗电量已占商业用电的5％,这使得美国环境保护局不得不推行使电脑节能的“能源之星”计划,进行电脑绿色革命。克林顿政府还规定美国政府机关只能采购绿色电脑。 随着大量的电脑问世,对环境的污染已经引起了全球环保组织的重视,每年耗费在处理电脑废弃物方面的资金是很大的。据测算,到2005年,将有1.5亿台电脑需要废弃,这些废料堆起来就象一座占地一英亩高3.5英里的山,处理耗资将超过10亿美元。
Green PC - Feasible Practices and Choices Although each consumes a few tens of watts, it has become a major energy consumer because of the sheer volume. For example, the United States now has about 60 million computers and its power consumption accounts for 5% of commercial electricity consumption. This makes the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States have to push forward the “Energy Star” program to save energy on computers and make a green revolution in computers. The Clinton administration also stipulates that U.S. government agencies can only purchase green computers. With the advent of a large number of computers, the pollution of the environment has drawn the attention of global environmental organizations and the annual funds spent on computer wastes are enormous. It is estimated that by 2005 there will be 150 million computers to be scrapped. The wastes pile up like a 3.5-acre hill with an acre of land and will cost more than 1 billion U.S. dollars.