>previously on this list Theo contributed: > >> The OpenBSD project uses a lot of electricity for running the >> development and build machines. A number of logistical reasons >> prevents us from moving the machines to another location which might >> offer space/power for free, so let's not allow the conversation to go >> that way. > >Especially if you have some land in Canada and manage to raise a >significant bit extra, a Peltier energy harvesting system due to >the difference in surface and sub-surface land temperature might be >worth looking at to help balance the books longer term. > >The Aston Martin plant runs off one entirely but cost a fortune to >drill a deep bore hole to get a large temperature difference, but then >their building is huge and produces cars with enough power to run a >town. > >Alternatively a small scale system building it into a wall to get the >difference between the cold Canadian winter outside and warm inside >might work well.
That's a great idea. I'm going drag a subgroup of the developers away from software development and we'll start working on that instead. Right away. To fund the drilling, we'll hold a bake sale.
