Posted on 02/27/2023 5:01:11 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Apple iPhone users were stirred up on Sunday as they became aware of a somewhat new feature intended to reduce the carbon footprint by charging only when lower carbon-emission electricity is available.
Apple introduced Clean Energy Charging with the release of iOS 16.1 on Oct. 24, 2022. The company claims that when the mode is enabled and a phone is connected to a charger, the iPhone gets a report of carbon emissions generated by the local energy grid and uses that information to determine when to charge the phone.
One Twitter user raised the red flag to other users that if they notice their iPhone was charging a little slower, it could be because of Clean Energy Charging.
Currently, Apple says the mode is available in the U.S. and set to the on position by default.
To turn the mode off, users need to go into their iPhone settings, click "Battery," "Battery Health & Charging," then turn off "Clean Energy Charging."
The mode also works in conjunction with Optimized Battery Charging, which Apple says learns a user’s charging habits.
Habits, the tech giant says, are based on where a user spends most of their time and regularly charges their phone for extended periods of time.
Apple said the feature does not engage when charging habits vary or if you travel.
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“With phones, at least for now, you can buy ‘dumb’ battery packs and then charge the phone with them.”
That wouldn’t work, either, if the feature is turned on. The phone decides when it will charge not the charger.
It varies greatly from province to province. Some like Manitoba and Quebec are almost all hydro electric.. This however is the breakdown for Ontario in 2018.
Nuclear energy: 58.8%
Water power: 23.9%
Wind: 8%
Natural gas: 7%
Solar: 1%
Bioenergy: 1%
Other: 0.3%
Being near Columbia Generating Station (nuclear) here in WA State, I’ve known engineers who transferred between the plants. Hydro dams here also, of course.
“That wouldn’t work, either, if the feature is turned on. The phone decides when it will charge not the charger.”
Crap, that bites. Thanks for the info, though.
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