Hi Jonathon,

I haven't done the sums but I suspect that the extra electricity consumed
from extra CPU activity will be fairly small. Other activities, especially
travel, will have a far more significant 'carbon impact'. If you are
concerned then why not forego a couple of journeys by car or switch to a
supplier of 'green' electricity (e.g. Ecotricity
http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/)... problem solved!

(BTW, the extra heat generated by the CPU will be useful 'space heating'
during the cooler months and will mean that you have to use less fuel to
keep your dwelling warm.)

Yes I am running the experiment, and on 'green' electricity!

All the best,
Richard.



"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
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Keith (Southend) wrote:
I was just wondering how many of us on usw are running the 'Climate
Change Experiment' in conjunction with the BBC and Climateprediction.net
? I used to run the original one until my last PC keeled over, but
hopefully the latest one I built should be able to cope easily. The
temperature of my processor on this machine went from 33°c to 45°c, on my
old one it ran at 60°c + at times.

http://bbc.cpdn.org/index.php

One of the things that slightly concerns me is that by running this
climate prediction software (if I can, I don't know if there's a Linux
version) I am also contributing by increasing my energy demands. My
processor draws about 6 times more power when it is busy than when it is
idle.

Keith: it depends what processor you have as to what range of temperatures
is good.

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