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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by martin_a on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:30AM (#32605071)
> How much electricity can plausibly be saved this way?

About third of what was used before.

> And how does that compare to the energy required to reprogram and possibly renew all these signs?

That's cost of doing business and a one-time thing.

Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by peaslock on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:33AM (#32605089)
> About third of what was used before.

How much is that as a fraction of the total electricity consumption?

Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by megous on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:52AM (#32605250)
Savings start with all non-essential things first.
Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by martin_a on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:50AM (#32605242)
According to the source linked in the top comment, we are looking at a total consumption of 113.000 MWh per year for those displays. One third of that is at least around 30.000 MWh of saved energy.
Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by peaslock on Friday August 26, 2022 @06:06AM (#32605370)
So 0.005% at 560 TWh total consumption.
Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by martin_a on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:11AM (#32607012)
Well, in that case we shouldn't improve anything as long as children are starving to death in this world. That should be our only and biggest "bug" to fix. Feel free to recommend another one, but we'll pause all other improvements meanwhile. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by lament76 on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:51AM (#32609028)
How about not jeopardizing the economy by ever more constraints and instead investing in better energy technology?
Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by mrguyorama on Friday August 26, 2022 @04:15PM (#32612249)
Maine banned all billboard style advertising decades ago. Our economy functions just fine thank you.
Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by tpmx on Friday August 26, 2022 @08:29AM (#32606519)
The action is super visible though. Sometimes that's the most important thing. /s