“The Energy Department signaled Friday it intends to order new efficiency standards for all computers and servers in the United States, reports The Hill. A pair of documents published in the Federal Register said the DOE has ‘tentatively’ ruled that a federal law designed to curtail consumer energy use, created in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, also covers computer and servers.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/the-department-of-energy-is-about-to.html
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