Subj : Raspberry Pi
To   : Utopian Galt
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Apr 29 2023 05:01:29

  Re: Raspberry Pi
  By: Utopian Galt to Nightfox on Fri Apr 28 2023 07:25 pm

 >   Re: Raspberry Pi
 >   By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 28 2023 03:01 pm
 > 
 >  Ni> Yeah, they're good PCs. I'm currently using a Dell Precision that I bou
 >  Ni> on eBay about a year and a half a go, and in addition to my BBS, I'm al
 >  Ni> using it as a Plex media server, Pi-Hole (network-wide ad blocker), and
 > Because California has an horrible energy grid, I wanted to run a low energy
 > Fiscally and enviromentally sensible at the same time.
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I think making a new energy efficient computer is more resource intensive than
keeping an old energy-inefficient computer working.

Most people who replaces old working computers due to enviromental concerns
have not sat down and thought it through. Most of the time it does not make
finantial sense either. Even with European prices, a new machine may take more
than 10 years to save enough energy to justify the replacement.

(My home is energetically self-sufficient so it makes even less sense, but that
is a different matter).


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