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

[MJ Ray]

"Philip Hunt" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 9/11/07, Dave Page <address@hidden> wrote:
> > [...] Is it better for me to use an old
> > Pentium as a firewall, or "sponsor" the manufacture of a lower-powered
> > embedded device?
>
> It's when people ask questions like this that make me realise that the
> way to reduce CO2 emissions is for the government to tax them [...]

Which won't work because people can't distinguish the effect of
running a computer from all the other things which affect their energy
consumption!

Also, stated energy consumptions of machines you don't own yet rarely
reflect reality, which makes the comparison doubly-hard.

The government should subsidise those new single-device energy meters,
so people who care could compare and choose wisely.  That would be a
good step towards helping answer questions like Dave Page's one above.

Regards,
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