Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 01:00:40 +1100 (EDT)
Subject:   No.18

Date:- 02 April 2001

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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 08:45:04 +1000
From: David Halprin <davidlazatnet2000 dot com dot au>
Subject: [os2genau] Re Power Consumption

John
I sent a friend a copy of  one of the letters on power consumption, so I
am including his reply.  Perhaps you may like to circulate it, assuming
this has not already happened with this very e-mail.

Subject: Re: Computer power consumption
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:32:02 +1000
To: davidlazatnet2000 dot com dot au

Hi David,

Hmmm!  It is interesting sometimes to have a look at the crap some folk
like
to indulge in.  Perhaps they were not serious in this case, but all the
same, if I wanted to find out the average power consumption of an
appliance,
I would engage a recording watt meter and read the bastard.  In the
overall
case, what really matters is the amount of energy units that are pulled
out
of the ground by the electric company and how many resultant pollution
units
that are released into the atmosphere as a result of their pursuit.  I
somehow don't think that a few micro energy spikes on a computer are
going
to make a hell of a difference.

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