Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 14:00:42 +0000 From: Adam McMaster <adam@moosoft.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Electricity bill [was: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?] Message-ID: <c2a8810512ff4a41d8de0b1a42ee43ca@moosoft.net> 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>
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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 <adam@moosoft.net>
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