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The Green thing

Kits

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Taken this from another website hope you all see the greener side of the old ways..

The green thing

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older
woman that she should bring her own shopping bags because plastic bags
weren't good for the environment.

The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing
back in my earlier days."

The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did
not care enough to save our environment for future generations."

She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its
day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, pop bottles and beer bottles
to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and
sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and
over. So they really were recycled. We refilled writing pens with ink
instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a
razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade
got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every shop
and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb
into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the
throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry
our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from
their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief
(remember them?), not a screen the size of the county of Yorkshire .
In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have
electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile
item to send in the post, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion
it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up
an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower
that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to
go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then.

We drank water from a fountain or a tap when we were thirsty instead
of demanding a plastic bottle flown in from another country. We
accepted that a lot of food was seasonal and didn’t expect that to be
bucked by flying it thousands of air miles around the world. We
actually cooked food that didn’t come out of a packet, tin or plastic
wrap and we could even wash our own vegetables and chop our own salad.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the tram or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to
school or walked instead of turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi
service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of
sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized
gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in
space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old
folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a
lesson in conservation from a smart-ass young person.
Remember: Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the
first place, so it doesn't take much to **** us off.
 
Hahahah :p excellent.

The one wrong thing I picked out was that TV example. Older CRT TV's tended to gobble up absurd amounts of electricity while the latest flatscreen LCD's, especially LED's, are often considerably more power efficient. I think the 40" LCD we have now eats less than half what our old 14" CRT did.
 
I would agree....i swapped recently an old 32" CRT for a new LED 40". The old TV used about 100w of power, with the new one using around 25w in use and 1w in standby.

Now by my count, it will take about 15 years to get my money back. LOL
 
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The last generation CRTS were very green, my Pana 32" uses a MAX of 30W (or it would if I used the speakers), and 0.1W on standby; the standby wattage is far, far better than any of the modern LCDs I have looked at, and as it spends more time in standby than switched on............
 
I don't understand "Standby" in the first place, I mean.. unless you're planning to PVR something then why not just switch it off at the plug and have 0 Watts :) .
 
laziness.. its much easier and quicker to use the remote to turn on the TV than to bend down to a socket lol. in my case my excuse is the socket is hard to get through as there is a desk in the way LOL
 
There are the remote controlled plugs now so no excuse. :D Maplin have a good range as does B&Q so other electrical shops should have them in..

Converts electrical appliances to remote control on/off operation
Turns appliances on and off at the click of a button
Great for those hard to reach sockets
Simple and easy to use - no installation required - 'Plug 'n' Play' operation
Use to switch off appliances on standby
Remotely control up to 5 separate mains powered devices
30m range in open spaces
Even works through ceilings and walls!
Maximum switching capacity 3120W
 
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I don't understand "Standby" in the first place, I mean.. unless you're planning to PVR something then why not just switch it off at the plug and have 0 Watts :) .

I like pretty lights, does that count?

*i feel like a moth*
 
There are the remote controlled plugs now so no excuse. :D Maplin have a good range as does B&Q so other electrical shops should have them in..

Converts electrical appliances to remote control on/off operation
Turns appliances on and off at the click of a button
Great for those hard to reach sockets
Simple and easy to use - no installation required - 'Plug 'n' Play' operation
Use to switch off appliances on standby
Remotely control up to 5 separate mains powered devices
30m range in open spaces
Even works through ceilings and walls!
Maximum switching capacity 3120W

if you knew the size of my room and how far the table is against the wall, you would realise l couldnt fit anything more there unless its on some sort of extension block :p
 
if you knew the size of my room and how far the table is against the wall, you would realise l couldnt fit anything more there unless its on some sort of extension block :p

That isn't a problem either
Control the power to your extension lead from up to 25m away
A small neat key ring transmitter with self learning system
Transmitter has blue LED to show transmission is in progress
Can turn the sockets on or off-saving money and energy
Handy and convenient power control
2 wide spaced sockets for bulky transformers
Fixing holes and hanger to hang the product
Cable management system to tuck away the power cord neatly
Rated at 13A, 240V, 3120W
High frequency: 433.92MHz
Transmitter is supplied with 2 x CR2032 batteries (Order Code: ZB74 for replacements)
 
And how much power does it consume while doing all of this???
 
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So, how is remotely switched plug more efficient ? It's just a different device on standby...

Well, there was one on the market that is initially powered up by the radio signal from its transmitter, same principle as a crystal set, so it really uses zero power when on standby. Bit of a gimmick if you ask me though.
 
I tried a remote controlled plug for awhile but in the end I just felt too guilty and lazy for using it (not to mention the added cost) :) . It makes sense if, for whatever reason, your access is limited but it's a good idea not to get too complacent with electronics and switch them off properly when not in use.
 
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An interesting point.

I am beginning to wonder how necessary it actually is to leave the router on as per standard advice.
I mentioned in another thread a friend who, having previously carried on using an old BT Voyager modem with her PC, "Noah", having had a small lottery win, bought a new PC, which I set up for her, taking a spare router with me to give to her, of course.

To her, "off" means "off" - the whole lot gets switched off at the wall socket when not in use, she won't leave the router on. Initial results for the first few days showed a slight speed drop, from just over 7Mb to just under 7Mb - but since then it's picked up again, and seems to be always with about half a meg of 7Mb, sometimes under, sometimes over, on a completely random basis.

So, when going out for the weekly shop and a few other things, which would result in me being out for at least five hours, I knocked mine off a few days ago, just to see what happened.
On reconnecting, it came back at 20230 down, 1023 up, which is a fraction *higher* than it was previously, and has happily held that for 74 hours now.

I'm getting the *impression* that as long as it's off for a decent amount of time, not just, say, half an hour, and as long as you don't then switch it off *again* in the next few hours, the clever fault detecting thingy has had a brain transplant since it was first created, and now realises that something like that is *not* a fault, so doesn't automatically knock you down.
 
Do you switch your router off at night?
I can neither confirm nor deny the switching off at night of my broadband router :) , though in my experience once a day doesn't affect performance in any noticeable way. The problems normally start when you get 2-3+ disconnects in a 24 hour period. This does vary depending on ISP and platform type but that's another subject entirely.

Anyway, obviously there are some devices, such as the Fridge or mains power control boxes, that you have to leave on because that's how they work (24/7). But TV's, games consoles etc.. if you're not using them then there's no point.
 
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