On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:07 PM, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 07 Oct 2008 13:59, Amit Joshi wrote: > > > LCDs are very commonplace in India, so definitely some amount of > > power will be saved. > > These days, every bit helps. :) > > Typical hare brained costing. Energy savings have to be measured end > to end to have any impact. while most schemes might save you some > money in recurring energy costs, these saving methods are shifting > the "saved" amount to some other place and you evantually wind up > paying more and polluting more. The real requirement is consume less > and consume only what can be replenished. But that involves a lot of > hardship, so lets use black backgrouds and sms lingo... > > Hi, You removed the "I don't think" part while trimming the contents of my post. What I said was "I don't think LCDs are very commonplace in India..." takes quite a different meaning. I think it is safe to say that the number of people buying LCDs is growing. Only when somebody is interested in buying a new computer do they think of buying a LCD. Still some people end up buying CRTs because they are cheaper. Majority of the people are not interested in discarding their old working CRT monitor to buy a LCD one following the thumb rule - If it ain't broke, don't fix it. So the number of CRTs present is diminishing at a slower rate. Most of the people in India still use CRTs. So the amount of power consumed by all the computers would be lessened as a whole. Looking at the bigger picture, "measurable" amount of power will definitely be saved.
-- Regards, Amit Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
