Yeah, I thought about that, but I wasn't sure I could say anything authoritative...

brucedawson on March 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Power Wastage on an Idle Laptop

Yeah, I thought about that, but I wasn't sure I could say anything authoritatively enough beyond "CPU consumption wastes power, and so does waking up". Apple's energy monitor seems to use that for its model so I guess it's not too bad.