From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 14:00:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACB316A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:00:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from one.valcatohosting.com (one.valcatohosting.com [67.19.219.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AECF43D41 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:00:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@moosoft.net) Received: from cpc3-nthc1-4-0-cust42.nrth.cable.ntl.com ([213.107.150.42] helo=[192.168.1.202]) by one.valcatohosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1CyVuu-0003pq-Se; Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:00:38 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20050208105203.O85721@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050207091209.D71459@maren.thelosingend.net> <20050207195715.GE82997@keyslapper.net> <20050208105203.O85721@maren.thelosingend.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam McMaster Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:00:42 +0000 To: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - one.valcatohosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - moosoft.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Electricity bill [was: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:00:47 -0000 On 8 Feb 2005, at 10:12, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > In this setup, you need to warm up your house somehow. Since *all* > energy > in the end turns to thermic energy (elementary physics), the route this > energy takes from moving electrons to heats is of little interest (when > you're just looking to heat up your house). It's not really the case that all the energy becomes heat, since the computer also has moving parts and generates sound (a *lot* of sound if it's anything like mine). Most of the energy going into a computer probably does become heat in the end, but certainly not all of it. Because of this it might be better to get a more efficient heater, but in the end it probably doesn't make a noticeable difference either way. -- - Adam McMaster