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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:54:31 +0300
henry999@xxxxxxxxxx (Henry) wrote:
> Nervous Nellies sometimes say, 'O! But what about the planet?' In
> fact, in the case of personal devices such as pc, router, etc. the
> electricity consumption is comparable to a light bulb and not
> something worth fretting over, either on ecological or economic
> grounds.
>
If you frequently power cycle your equipment and as a result it fails
early that has an ecological impact too. :-)
OTOH lots of small power drains add up to a larger one. I have
separate router, switch and WAP at the moment and I probably ought to
get a combined unit to reduce energy use, but I find it hard to justify
while the present setup is working fine.
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