Description of someone so worried about their carbon footprint that they get totally paranoid about everything they do, especially using electrical objects.
- Hey, how come the lights are out in your place?
- I'm just too powernoid to switch anything on now. One more ounce of juice could be the tipping point for the whole planet.
Being paranoid of others with a lot of power, paranoid about your own power, paranoid of power in general.
When Bush was elected into presidency for the second time, I felt powernoid about such stupidity running the United States for yet another grueling four years.
noun. A mental condition characterized by anxiety about the remaining battery life of your portable electronic devices. Sufferers will spend all their time worrying about how to charge their device and will be extremely anxious when the low battery warnings appear on their gadgets, especially when away from a power socket.
Enrique bought a really expensive solar panelled back pack to charge his phone from, in order to reduce the powernoia he feels when away from a power socket for any length of time. He finds it particularly useful on his "special mushroom" picking expeditions in the forest.