Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 02:45:10 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HLT Message-ID: <20001105024510.A82175@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <200011012249.PAA05692@usr08.primenet.com> References: <200011012119.eA1LJI433523@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <200011012249.PAA05692@usr08.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: > >Someone should educate people on: > >1) The amount of energy it takes, in excess of what it > takes for a normal appliance, to manufacture an > "energy star" appliance. Why does it consume more energy to build a computer with variable-speed whatsits and power-off doodads than one without? I would expect the whatsits and doodats to be a trivial addition, especially since most devices already have standby-mode power supplies. Tony. -- en oeccget g mtcaa f.a.n.finch v spdlkishrhtewe y dot@dotat.at eatp o v eiti i d. fanf@covalent.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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