Richard Orrell wrote:
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!

I believe my processor draws an extra 50W-60W when under load - that's
equivalent to leaving a lightbulb (old-fashioned filament one) on all
the time! Might not affect global warming or whatever, but it does
affect the big number on my electricity bill

(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. Sadly my computer is in my bedroom and the fan makes more noise if
the processor's under load.

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Jonathan Stott wrote:

Richard Orrell wrote:
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!

I believe my processor draws an extra 50W-60W when under load - that's
equivalent to leaving a lightbulb (old-fashioned filament one) on all
the time! Might not affect global warming or whatever, but it does
affect the big number on my electricity bill

An EXTRA 50-60W! Frightening isn't it? The ARM based processor in my
Iyonix draws less that 1 watt. So it doesn't normally need a fan
either!

Stick to British technology.....

Martin


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wrote:

An EXTRA 50-60W! Frightening isn't it? The ARM based processor in my
Iyonix draws less that 1 watt. So it doesn't normally need a fan
either!

Stick to British technology.....

Well I would, but a) it's not as fast; b) I can't do as much with it; c)
it costs a lot more; d) it's not as compatible with my hardware.

I did have a RiscPC up until 2000, but I just had to get a PC to do
everything that I need to do.

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Jonathan Stott wrote:

wrote:

An EXTRA 50-60W! Frightening isn't it? The ARM based processor in my
Iyonix draws less that 1 watt. So it doesn't normally need a fan
either!

Stick to British technology.....

Well I would, but a) it's not as fast; b) I can't do as much with it; c)
it costs a lot more; d) it's not as compatible with my hardware.

I did have a RiscPC up until 2000, but I just had to get a PC to do
everything that I need to do.


Well, it can read and post to this group at least. And I can't
dispute most of what you say, sadly. But if by "fast" you mean
desktop responsiveness or boot up time rather than number crunching
ability or graphics performance then point a) is very debatable.

Sorry this is OT. I'll shut up now!

Martin

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Created on the Iyonix PC - the world's fastest RISC OS computer.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.dixon4/

I've joined the "uk.sci.weather" team, currently 4 computers running.
Some interesting information with regards you own computer and 'teams'
computers results all in the bbc.cpdn.org site.
Currently 151 Countries running 124,396 Hosts.
http://bbc.cpdn.org/usermap.php
If your interested in joining, as posted before...

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

A 'group' for interested parties to join.
URL is he http://bbc.cpdn.org/create_account_form.php?teamid=698

Direct email to "lists at reiteration dot net" for account details
snip

Surely we should be the ones promoting such things. Give it a go if you
haven't already.

Regards
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Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net