Environmental groups often push for efficiency improvements in big energy hogs like cars and appliances. It's viewed as a major way to reduce our collective energy use and carbon footprint. But a recent study argues a simple firmware update for current high definition video game consoles could provide a much easier way to chop off a small but significant portion of US residential energy usage.
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If California wants to reach its goals for greenhouse gas emissions—80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050—it must replace most direct fossil fuel use with electricity, according to a new analysis published in Science. In addition, energy efficiency needs to rise steadily and most electricity generation needs to be decarbonized. Since the state is the world’s sixth-largest economy and 12th largest greenhouse gas emitter (its per capita numbers are similar to those of Japan and Europe), strategies developed specifically for California are likely applicable to many large, developed nations.
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