All you have to do is click into the tab to reload it and continue where you left off. If you don’t use a tab for a few minutes, the Great Suspender will unload it, removing its workload on your computer but keeping the tab there ready to go again when you need it. The Great Suspender is the tool you need. Getting rid of tabs is a good start, but if you don’t want to change your usage, suspending tabs can be even better.
One or two is OK, but when you end up with 20 or so sitting idle in your browser your battery pays the price. One of the best bits of the modern browser is the ability to have multiple tabs.
The Great Suspender will unload the tabs you don’t need right that minute without losing the URL.