Ok then let's take this up a notch.
What kills you on your power bill is the surges when things turn on and off. Take your refrigerator for example. When it cycles on the starter cap on the compressor motor and the circulating fan have to charge up and then discharge to bump the motors over and get them running. Your air conditioner is another villain in this scenario. Same thing as your fridge just on a larger scale. Your TV is another. Modern flat screen or old tube type, there's a nasty surge when you turn it on.
High current draw devices have to be setup or programmed to only come on when absolutely needed. Your fridge is getting empty? If the contents can go with a higher temp, set it up a notch or two and don't be running in and out of it so much. Keep the cold in the box not in the room. Your AC can be set up a notch or two and your skin won't pay much mind to it being a tad warmer. Depending on the season of course, but you get the idea. (In the winter months>) Program it to roll back the temp when you're under the comforter. Your body heat will keep you warm at night and even more if you have company. Set it to roll up an hour before you normally get up so your house is all comfy. And don't be running in and out the door making it run all the time.
There's other things you can do to conserve on your power bill which are not major pains in the gazootenblatz. Use gas stoves for one. Besides gas cooks more evenly and the heat is gone when you turn the burner off.
Ok so you take all these savings on your power bill and apply them to leaving your computer running.
What kills you on your power bill is the surges when things turn on and off. Take your refrigerator for example. When it cycles on the starter cap on the compressor motor and the circulating fan have to charge up and then discharge to bump the motors over and get them running. Your air conditioner is another villain in this scenario. Same thing as your fridge just on a larger scale. Your TV is another. Modern flat screen or old tube type, there's a nasty surge when you turn it on.
High current draw devices have to be setup or programmed to only come on when absolutely needed. Your fridge is getting empty? If the contents can go with a higher temp, set it up a notch or two and don't be running in and out of it so much. Keep the cold in the box not in the room. Your AC can be set up a notch or two and your skin won't pay much mind to it being a tad warmer. Depending on the season of course, but you get the idea. (In the winter months>) Program it to roll back the temp when you're under the comforter. Your body heat will keep you warm at night and even more if you have company. Set it to roll up an hour before you normally get up so your house is all comfy. And don't be running in and out the door making it run all the time.
There's other things you can do to conserve on your power bill which are not major pains in the gazootenblatz. Use gas stoves for one. Besides gas cooks more evenly and the heat is gone when you turn the burner off.
Ok so you take all these savings on your power bill and apply them to leaving your computer running.