[NCLUG] Re: "Green" power.

[John L. Bass]

The power bill for 50MW of PC's would be better spent each year if the 
F at H supporters would shut their systems off when idle, and donate that 
saved electric bill money in cash to F at H buy a Green super computer (or 
share/buy time on a green super computer).

At $0.08/KW that is about (50*1000*0.08*24*365) = $35M/year, a much 
smaller carbon foot print, and a lot of fossil fuel conserved. It's 
actually more, when you factor in the saved AC costs that people run up 
much of the year because of extra heat from the PC's.

A well designed high density super computer with integral heat exchanger 
is *far more* efficient, and much cheaper in the long run for society. 
It would solve the F at H problems faster, cheaper, and cut polution from 
CO2 and coal by products.

John