"Green" power (was: Re: [NCLUG] PC for Linux (Ubuntu))

[Matt Taggart]

> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:43 AM, Sean Reifschneider <jafo at tummy.com> wrote:
> 
> > You're also forgetting that at least half the year we need heating around
> > here, and a computer that is running F at H is almost 100% efficient at
> > converting electricity into heat.  That's heat that your furnace doesn't
> > need to generate.  So half the year it probably doesn't make sense even
> > from a conservation standpoint.
> 
> 
> I would seriously encourage you to get a new power supply. Mine only
> converts abut 15% to heat with the rest being used to power the computer. :)

.... which then goes to heat. (that's what that big heat sink is for)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy

or maybe you were making a joke?

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Matt Taggart
matt at lackof.org