Yahoo Users Consume More Energy Than Gmail Users [INFOGRAPHIC]

Yahoo Mail-subscribing-households use 11% more electricity per year than Gmail households, a recent study by Opower found. That adds up to nearly a whole extra month of electricity, about an extra $110 per year.

"Its as if, relative to the average Yahoo household, the average Gmailer is strictly hang-drying their laundry, forgoing high-definition TV, and hand-washing their dishes with cold water for a year," Opower writes in its' blog.

So what makes for this drastic disparity in energy usage? Opower a research company that unpacks and analyzes energy data to present to everyday consumers in an actionable way found that the problem is one of "correlation not causation." Mea…
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