Teofilo wrote: > > Do we have an idea of the energy consumption related to the online > access to a Wikipedia article ? Some people say that a few minutes > long search on a search engine costs as much energy as boiling water > for a cup of tea : is that story true in the case of Wikipedia (4) ? > > How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country > (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat > offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such > things as "the solution was to provide nearby homes with our waste > heat" (6). > Heh. That brings some old memories right front to center.
I used to be a hang-around member of this hacker collective here in Finland. (Intsu -> The Hole -> Cute - as its designation evolved) While in The Hole phase, we had a rented basement space, and turned down all the heating in the space, after receiving a donated old mainframe. I think you can guess why. Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
