[NCLUG] Re: "Green" power.

[Chad Perrin]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:58:14AM -0600, John L. Bass wrote:
> 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.

None of that addressed anything I said.

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