Quick Tip- Dump your desktop
Laptop’s use on average 90% less energy than the standard desktop.
If you work in an office consider hitting up your IT department for a laptop (hint: push the ’I'll be more productive cause I can work anywhere now!’ angle.)
If you still have a desktop at home think about how convenient it would be to cart your laptop to your backyard on a nice day or the local coffee shop when you have cabin fever.
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And big chunk of the power is used by the monitor, so even if you can’t junk the desktop you can save a lot by switching from a clunky old CRT to an LCD.
This guy has some cool charts and stuff.