Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500 >>> Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the roof (I >>>> brought my 46" LCD TV, PlayStation 3, and in total 5 computers and >>>> other electronics). After a couple of months of shock of seeing the >>>> electric bills, we started to do this kind of stuff >>>> (suspending/hibernating our machines, using CFL instead of normal >>>> light bulbs, etc.), and we cut the spending almost in four. >>> Apartment living maybe? >>> >>> I have 1 XBox, 2 Wii's, 40" LED TV, 22" LED monitor, 16" LCD monitor, an >>> xbmc frontend, 2 el-cheap android tablets permanently plugged in, 1 >>> desktop, 2 HP microservers and 3 laptops running almost 24/7. And about >>> 10 incandescent bulbs all evening, 2 neons and umpteen CFLs. >>> >>> It's a lot of power, sure. >>> >>> And all quite insignificant when compared to what the swimming pool >>> pump uses...... >>> >>> All a matter of perspective I suppose :-) >>> >> >> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a large >> fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a large >> heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer, the >> computer is a rounding error. My main rig, monitor, router, DSL modem >> and printer pulls about 150 watts at most. At most would be while it is >> compiling or something. When idle, ~100 watts. I figured it up once >> and I think it costs about $12.00 a month to run. Heck, when I have a >> $200.00 power bill, rounding error comes to mind. Heck, taxes and fees >> on the power bill is more than my puter uses. I would much rather fuss >> about the taxes than my puter. I use my puter. lol >> >> I think you hit it pretty good tho Alan. It's perspective. >> > It's not only about power bill costs. Oil and gas are limited resources > and we're not leaving much to the next generations. Yes, it's a matter > of perspective :-) > > raf >
And every day I hear about them finding more oil and gas that they didn't know was there before. Everything is a limited resource including sunlight. If we are going to live thinking the end is tomorrow, then we are not going to have a life worth living. Reminds me of a quote I heard a little while ago. 'We shouldn't eat to live, we should live to eat.' It was something like that. I think I got it right since I didn't exactly write it down. They were talking about food but still. If you live, you have to use something. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
