全球联网设备每年浪费800亿美元电能
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="consoles">consoles</span>, <span word="take">take</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p>大家下次给电视或游戏机通电时，花点时间想想这些设备造成的浪费吧。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Energy">Energy</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="organizations">organizations</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="advises">advises</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="nations">nations</span>, <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sum">sum</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="astounding">astounding</span>. <span word="Over">Over</span> $80 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="unnecessarily">unnecessarily</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013 <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inefficiencies">inefficiencies</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> 14 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="devices">devices</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="printers">printers</span>, <span word="gaming">gaming</span> <span word="consoles">consoles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="televisions">televisions</span>.</p><p>上周三，为发达国家提供建议的国际能源机构（<span word="International">International</span> <span word="Energy">Energy</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span>）公布报告，分析了联网设备造成的浪费，计算出的数额之大令人震惊。2013年，由于全球140亿台在线电子设备能效低下，导致800多亿美元的电能白白浪费。这些设备包括打印机、游戏机和电视机。</p><p><span word="By">By</span> 2020, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="climb">climb</span> <span word="to">to</span> $120 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="washing">washing</span> <span word="machines">machines</span>, <span word="light">light</span> <span word="bulbs">bulbs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="refrigerators">refrigerators</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="connect">connect</span> <span word="online">online</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>.</p><p>这份报告还指出，到2020年，随着洗衣机、电灯泡和冰箱等设备也纷纷联网，这个数字预计将攀升至1200亿美元。</p><p>“<span word="Electricity">Electricity</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="economies">economies</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="alarming">alarming</span> <span word="rate">rate</span>,” <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="IEA">IEA</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span>, <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="about">about</span> 616 <span word="terawatt">terawatt</span>-<span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="catch">catch</span>? <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="standby">standby</span> <span word="mode">mode</span>.</p>
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