> On Sunday 20 March 2005 14:33, Brad Templeton wrote: > > The power is growing. Even the CPUs are taking up to 80 watts to run. But > > anyway, 100 watts is over $120 a year in California, less in some places, > > more in others. > > The whole thread has been about debunking that myth. > > California prices are not that far from the national average: > http://www.coaleducation.org/Ky_Coal_Facts/electricity/average_cost.htm > > 100 watts per year at average California prices is > about $83 bucks, and that ASSUMES it draws 100 > watts 24/7/365, which is not a valid assumption. > > CPUs do not take 80 watts to run unless they are > very busy. 35 watts is typical in the idle state > (which is where the cpu spends the overwhelmingly > vast majority of the time). > http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentium4-6xx_7.html > > Therefore, you've double the costs figures to prove your point > with no documentation to back it up.
Why is all the talk about money? What about the environmental impacts of leaving the things running all the time? We all have a duty to save as much energy as we can to reduce global warming. Unfortunately America and Australia (where I live) have not signed up to Kyoto which is a crying shame. Regards, Phill _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
