California has, by far, the highest level of Internet activity. And it s the homeland of high-tech industry. Power begets the need for more power. High-tech is obviously part of the problem. The question is, how big a part.
Hard figures are hard to come by.
Not to sound alarmist, but it may be time to apply several ounces of prevention. Several kilowatts, anyway. The following news release was issued by Northwestern University on August 2, 2000. The team, led by Prith Banerjee, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is not focusing on improving batteries but instead is looking at the complex architecture of the computer and its utilization of power to complete tasks. Currently, much of a battery s power is wasted.