Using spare computing cycles to search for extra terrestrial life is so passé. DarkGreenPC thinks you can put those cycles to better use by powering down. The initiative falls under the umbrella of Zerofootprint, the non-profit which funds tree-planting and other programs on behalf of Al Gore and others who want to negative the adverse impact of their activities on the environment — and perhaps ease their guilty conscience at the same time.

The projects proponents claim that just by powering down all the world’s computers, enough energy would be saved to power the entire Czech Republic. (Granted, their math is dubious, since the entire world does not leave their computers on 24 hours per day, but I digress.)

See the video below where Ron Dembo and Austin Hill talk about the project.

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