The awareness about the environmental degradation has dawned on the humans rather late. But, the human race will have to make some compromises with their lifestyles in order to give a ‘liveable’ future to the generations ahead. Use of computers and internet has been a single most important development in this regard. The ability to transfer any type of data within seconds from one part of the world to another using these has eased the pressure on the environment. The people no longer have to travel from one place to another burning the fossil fuels and degrading the environment. They have set up home offices obviating the need to travel.
The invention of power saving devices like the CFL bulbs and tubes and other items of consumer electronics has not only reduced your electricity bills but has also gone a long way to reduce the exploitation of power generating resources like the coal, natural gas, petroleum etc. The power-saving innovations have also been introduced in the display devices like Monitors and Desktop PCs. These have become more flat and consume less power. Further, the miniaturization and compactness of the computers has resulted in the coming up of energy saving laptops, tablet PCs and Notebooks .
