Interesting real-life report from ExtremeTech’s Loyd Case…
Going Solar: The Install
…where he describes the experience of converting his home to run mostly on solar power.

The gas saving myths discussed in this article are:

Fill your tank early in the day
Replace air filters for better mileage
Buy fuel additives
Turn of air conditioner and roll down windows

Auto advances make gas advice moot
Rolling down the windows probably probably disrupts the car’s aerodynamic properties. But, you would think cranking down the air conditioner would provide […]

According to this CNET item…
Dell hits server efficiency targets a year early
…a Dell server power supply is now 92% efficient when a server is at 50% load. This efficient power supply is not available in their current server lineup yet though.

Surprising info in this PC World article…
Which Gadgets Gobble the Most Power?

News.com reports that…
 
Best Buy to recycle electronics free
This is not nationwide, however. According to the article, it is limited some (not all?) stores in Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota (the whole state?).
Best Buy Recycling information page

Just read this article in USA Today…
Report ranks metro areas on pollution
Honolulu had the lowest CO emission. But, surprise, LA-Long Beach-Santa Ana ranked #2 in the lowest CO emission list.

Just read about a new proposed data center metric called Corporate Average Data Efficiency (CADE) in this Information Week article…
McKinsey: Measure Data Center Efficiency Like Car Fuel Efficiency
The article says that this metric… combines both IT and facilities costs to monitor energy use, and create “energy czar” positions to manage energy efficiency.

From MSNBC…
The ‘green’ way to dump electronic junk
The article provides tips and actual web links (unlike CMP Techweb which always forces me to search for things they mention) to site providing information about reselling, donation, recycling, and other green practices for electronic junk disposal.

ZDNet reacts to Gartners’ Windows’ sky is falling commentary with an article titled…
Windows is a glacier and glaciers don’t melt overnight
But, according to CNN…
Lake in Chile empties from melting glacier
Melting ice in southern Chile caused a glacial lake to swell and then empty suddenly, sending a “tsunami” rolling through a river, a scientist said […]

Just read this at PC World…Get Paid to Return Your E-WasteYou don’t actually get cash. But, you do get credit from the partnered retailer.  The two recycling firms are mentioned but not linked in the article. This is the only website I could find for EcoNow. But, it doesn’t look like the right one. I found […]