Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas' Editor-in-Chief, talks with Ross Brouse, founder and owner of Solar Virtualization Technology Group (Solar VTG) and Solar VPS, about green web server hosting for personal and professional applications.

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We love our computers.  We use them to socialize, learn, play, work and shop.  But how much electricity is that tower of yours chewing up?

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Still using that old CRT monitor?  Okay, you get 10 out of 10 for getting the most use out of old things, but you lose points for extra electricity use.  The newer LCD monitors (and by the way, this applies to TVs too) use far less electricity.  You can enjoy a princely 23 diagonal inches of monitor and still use less power than your old 15" CRT.  If you do take the plunge into flat-screen goodness and greener computing, be sure you recycle or donate your unwanted electronics.

Power consumption from computer use is a hot topic in many corporate boardrooms.  To offset high electricity costs, many companies have purchased energy efficient server technologies.  Some have replaced desktop computers with those running low power processors and have made sure that the power management options are turned on.  For some companies, this is not enough . . .

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Power hungry servers, old toxic computers thrown into local landfills, plastic CDs, and ink cartridges litter our neighborhoods.  From some standpoints, eco friendly technology seems like an oxymoron.  And of course, steps are being taken by responsible individuals everywhere to reduce the negative impact that technology has on the environment.

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