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進入《中英對照讀新聞》How Windows XP contributes to global warmingWindows XP如何助長全球暖化
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that no more than 10% of all PCs in use by organizations have power management enabled, and as a result are wasting large amounts of electricity and contributing to greenhouse gases. One major culprit may be Windows XP.
美國環保署估計，組織機關使用中的所有個人電腦，啟動電源管理功能的比率不超過10%，結果造成電力大量浪費，並助長溫室效應氣體產生。其中一大元凶可能是Windows XP。
Unlike the Vista operating system, Windows XP does not give system administrators the ability to natively manage power settings on PCs over a network. That may be hindering adoption of the power management functions available in the operating system.
不像Vista作業系統，Windows XP不允許系統管理員自主地透過網路管理個人電腦的電源設定。那可能會阻礙作業系統具備的電源管理功能受到採用。
But XP isn’t going away anytime soon, and EPA believes that PC power management is an obvious way to save power. The EPA plans to conduct a campaign to try and encourage system administrators to take action.
不過XP系統還不會很快消失，而環保署相信，個人電腦的電源管理顯然是一種省電之道。環保署計畫推動一項活動來嘗試並鼓勵系統管理員採取行動。
The EPA estimates that a typical 1,000-PC environment can save $40,000 annually by activating power management, which would reduce power use by 400,000 kWh -- enough electricity to light 220 homes annually. From a greenhouse gas perspective, it reduces gas emissions by 300 tons, or the annual emissions of 50 cars.
環保署估計，一個安裝1000部個人電腦的典型環境，藉由啟動電源管理，每年可省下4萬美元，這將使耗電量減少40萬千瓦小時（度）─足供220戶家庭一年所需的照明電力。如以溫室效應氣體來計算，它可減少300噸（溫室）氣體排放量，或相當於50部車輛一年的廢氣排放量。
新聞辭典
culprit：名詞，罪犯、元凶。例句：Obesity is thought to be the primary culprit for children’s diabetes.（肥胖被認為是兒童罹患糖尿病的主因。）
kWh：為kilowatt hour（千瓦小時）的縮寫，也就是電的計量單位「度」。「1度電」就是1,000（W）瓦耗電的用電器具，使用一小時所消耗的電量，表示為1 kWh。
