I do agree that consumption is part of the equation, but I think your looking at the wrong sorts of consumption. Personal computers, personal usage of lights, disposable products use by individuals, for those most part these are a very very small portion of the consumption or the issue.
If we want to worry about the consumption side of the equation, as we should, then the places to focus would be mostly around shipping, fuel used by boats and planes to ship packages is by far the biggest part of that equation, to the point that the usage of your lights is irrelevant.
Also disposable products is a bit in the middle, depends on which products.. plastics for example are unusual as they are secondary products, so reducing your consumption of throw away plastic actually has no positive impact of any kind. But throwing away electronic devices is a bigger issue in that sense.
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The fact that you needed to follow them first means the server your on silences their server. That may be why your experiencing problems your server may be heavy on the silencing.
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