Subj : Raspberry Pi
To   : Arelor
From : Oli
Date : Thu May 04 2023 08:11:35

Arelor wrote (2023-04-29):

 >> Because California has an horrible energy grid, I wanted to run a low
 >> energy Fiscally and enviromentally sensible at the same time.

 A> I think making a new energy efficient computer is more resource intensive
 A> than keeping an old energy-inefficient computer working.

 A> Most people who replaces old working computers due to enviromental
 A> concerns have not sat down and thought it through.

Have you thought it through? I would be interested in numbers and hard facts. I honestly have no idea how much energy and other resources the production of a new Raspberry consumes and how much waste it creates. I still doubt that wasting 10W or more with an old energy-inefficient computer is less resource intensive (10W -> 87kWh in a year), but I might be wrong. But it really depends on the older computer. I think there are Intel machines that don't consume much more than a Raspi 4 when idle and others would waste much more than 10W.

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