{"id":503734,"date":"2010-04-01T19:30:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T23:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-04-01-how-much-renewable-juice-does-it-take-to-power-an-apple-ipad\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T19:30:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T23:30:42","slug":"how-much-renewable-juice-does-it-take-to-power-an-apple-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/503734","title":{"rendered":"How much renewable juice does it take to power an Apple iPad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tby Ashley Braun <\/p>\n<p>With Apple fans&#8217; fingers itching for the newest glossy touchscreen machine to hit the market this Saturday&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad\/\">the legendary iPad<\/a>&#8212;it only makes sense to ask how the latest gee-whiz gizmo will impact the environment. Even with ten to twelve hours of battery time, they&#8217;ll have to recharge the wunder gadget sometime.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>So why not utilize refreshing, renewable, citric energy? Let&#8217;s see, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/02\/13\/how-many-oranges-does-it-take-to-charge-an-apple-video\/\">if it takes 2,380 orange slices to charge an iPhone<\/a>, then to power an iPad would take, uh, &#8230; a lot of juice. By my sketchy math calculations, about 9,996 orange slices (if an iPhone 3GS uses about 6 watts and the iPad about 25 watts). 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Even with ten to twelve hours of battery time, they&#8217;ll have to recharge the wunder gadget sometime. 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