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by leereeves 1789 days ago
The important dispute isn't about the calculations, but whether the limits only apply to sleep mode (as claimed by the first comment) or also to yearly maximum power consumption (and thus to power consumption during active use).
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If they applied to active use it would effectively outlaw computers entirely. That interpretation doesn't make sense.

There's some uncertainty with various forms of idle and sleep but that's a much smaller worry.