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California to adopt first U.S. energy-saving rules for computers
- bsimpson 10y agoThey spent a whole article talking about rules without explaining what the rules are.
- epistasis 10y agoI wish I could make a more on-topic comment, but I have to agree. Journalism in this age mostly consists of summarizing press releases and of repeating the claims of people. I have a feeling that this is because a journalist is not given enough time to look into the primary materials (in this case the proposed rules), but is required to get an article written with only enough time to read the press release and maybe call a person or two. This isn't a particularly useful role. But I believe that the economics of the business have driven journalism that direction.
- strictnein 10y agoYeah, this is almost entirely a press release for the NRDC. I tried digging into it some more, and this seems to be the most informative news piece I could find, although it's from August: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-computer-efficiency-regulation-2016aug03-story.html http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-computer-efficiency... Still not super informative though. Back in March of 2015, over 70% of laptops already met the proposed standards. http://www.energy.ca.gov/releases/2015_releases/2015-03-12_draft_computer_standards.html http://www.energy.ca.gov/releases/2015_releases/2015-03-12_d... The way the desktop power issue is described, it sounds like you'll just be seeing more Bronze and Silver rated power supplies in desktops, and that's about it.