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Isn't $1 million to Ford basically $1 to an individual? I have a feeling they could have gotten 80% of the benefit with far less than 20% of the work by creatin

Isn't $1 million to Ford basically $1 to an individual? I have a feeling they could have gotten 80% of the benefit with far less than 20% of the work by creating a batch file on everyone's desktop that puts the computer to sleep and asking them to click it after they're done for the day. Sure a lot of people wouldn't, but you'd also be saving all the money spent on creating their system for automating the shut downs.

MikeCapone 17y ago
It isn't a lot of money for Ford, but these days, automakers will take whatever they can get. It might also just be the beginning of a bigger energy efficiency initiative. If they can reduce recurring costs by a few millions, that's money that can be put to better use somewhere else.