Re: [Fsfe-uk] ZDNet Carbon-neutral PC runs Vista (not Free software)

[Paul Mobbs]

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On Tuesday 11 September 2007 23:33, Dave Page wrote:
> To be honest, I've not seen anyone run the numbers concerning the energy
> cost of building new machines vs. the savings from more efficient
> hardware, better ACPI etcetera. Is it better for me to use an old
> Pentium as a firewall, or "sponsor" the manufacture of a lower-powered
> embedded device?


There's some lifecycle analysis studies of hardware produced by academics, but 
they're few and far between.

I've got one on file somewhere comparing LCD to CRT monitors. Guess what? LCD 
monitors might use less energy in use but if they the same size or larger 
than the CRT they use more energy in manufacture (conversely the CRT uses 
less energy in manufacture but more energy in use).

I actually couldn't care if recycled is better than new -- me and most of the 
people I do community Linux projects for can't afford new!! (e.g. 
http://www.fraw.org.uk/ssp/container/index.shtml)


P.

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