Try living in Manitoba where we have oodles of hydro power and selling lots of it off.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Klint Price - ArizonaITPro < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try living in AZ in the summer with a pool. > > Easily $400+ > > > Joe Heaton wrote: > >> $28 for electricity?! Where the heck do you live, and do you not use >> your air conditioning, or watch t.v., or have a refrigerator? That is >> seriously low, unless everything in your house is gas, and that bill is >> high. I'm lucky when my electric bill is under $100... >> >> Joe Heaton >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, >> June 10, 2008 8:18 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies >> >> Jacob, good info, but not always accurate. My sister sent me an >> interesting article last month that said the average home computer used >> around $50 a month in electricity when on 24X7. This article was >> stating the same reasons about conserving power. I agree we should all >> do our part, but I told her the article was wrong. And the reason I >> knew was that I have one computer at home that is on 24X7 for remote >> access when I am not there. I also have a second computer that is on >> only part time, and is a backup to the first. My electric bill in march >> was $26 and change and May's was $28 and change. That is the entire >> electric bill for my apartment. So you can see how I dispute all the >> findings. However I do have power conservation turned on both >> computers. They do aggressively power down monitors and even hard >> drives when not in use. The primary does not totally power down so I >> can still have remote access, but the secondary one does. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:46 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies >> >> Good points Jacob! >> How do you handle updates then? >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:18 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies >> >> >> >> Shutdown your workstation and turn off the surge protector at the end of >> every day. >> >> >> The issue of leaving a workstation on all the time because turning it on >> and off on a daily basis does more harm is absurd. With some >> workstations running with a 300w power supply, that is a waste of >> electricity. >> >> >> 8760 (hours per year) - 2000 (hours at work) = 6760 (hours not at work >> per year) >> >> >> 6760 * 300 watts = 2028000 watts (2028 KWh) >> >> >> 2028 * .12 KWh (give or take on the cost of the KWh) = $243.36 year >> >> >> $243.36 * 40 workstations = $9700 a year in electricity for workstation >> not being used. >> >> >> How often do I replace a hard drive in a workstation, maybe 4 or 5 times >> a year. Does not cost use more than $9700 a year to replace hard >> drives. >> >> >> From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:34 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Workstation Power Off Policies >> >> >> I've been ask to evaluate the possibility of powering off our >> workstations when not in use. I'm just curious what this group of fine >> young men and women are doing >> to "BE GREEN" in your environments? >> Appreciate any and all constructive responses. >> SHOOK and TVK that means no wise-cracks, ok? Thanks, Tom Strader NC >> Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 >> N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> "Action without intelligence is ignorance". But, Intelligence without >> appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
