[ale] Microsoft tries to reverse Vista's Impact on the environment

[Greg Freemyer]

I'll let others argue the power issue.

But CFs have another very big issue.

They have mercury in them.  A broken bulb requires a hazmat call out
to clean them up.  I think its a couple $K for that.  So if you're the
clumsy type, stick to another solution.

Greg

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Drag0n<dragon at atlantacon.org> wrote:
> The irony of that statement is, with the introduction of compact
> fluorescents, there was no reduction in power usage, just a shift to
> where the cost is. With CF bulbs using less KWH of power, but increasing
> the load on the power providers, the meter at the house spins less
> costing you less, but the generator at the station has to work harder to
> push that energy down the wire so they have to spend more to generate
> it. It is odd that the truly energy efficient light source gets no real
> air time ,LED lighting is many times more efficient and has a lower
> power factor than even CF or incandescent bulbs.
>
>
> Drag0n
>
> http://www.edn.com/blog/1470000147/post/450043045.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_factor
> http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/08/2125250&tid=232
>
>
>
> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>> I would love to see someone do a study on what the effect on the power
>> grid would be if all MSFT machines were changed to Linux. Consider
>> lower resource requirements and elimination of malware and botnets. I
>> bet it would be the biggest household go-green payoff second only to
>> the elimination of incandescent lighting.
>>
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