[Keith Alexander] > So now, I guess the question becomes: would the > price-per-barrel of oil > (and thus gasoline) come down if we stopped > this distributed-computing Mersenne Prime search foolishness?
A very small portion of electrical power in the U.S. is generated by oil - it's too expensive. The vast majority of U.S. oil consumption is for transportation and manufacturing. 2003 numbers for electric power generation: 51% Coal 20% Nuclear 16% Natural Gas 3% Oil 10% Renewable (Hydro+Solar+Wind+Geothermal) Source (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html) So Prime95 may impact the price of coal or uranium, but probably not oil... -Ryan- _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
