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A tablet costs less than $10 in electricity per year. The energy to mine, refine, and assemble the materials for a tablet is much higher.

The mindfulness in everyone trying to be more efficient would have a positive impact on its own though.



When we move to full OLED, ubiquitous night mode will drive down their device's power usage.




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