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On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:03:15 -0500 |
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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> My biggest expenses, refrigeration and heating/cooling. I have a |
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> large fridge, two deep freezers, two window A/C's for summer and a |
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> large heater for the winter. Compare any of those to my computer, the |
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> computer is a rounding error. My main rig, monitor, router, DSL modem |
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> and printer pulls about 150 watts at most. At most would be while it |
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> is compiling or something. When idle, ~100 watts. I figured it up |
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> once and I think it costs about $12.00 a month to run. Heck, when I |
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> have a $200.00 power bill, rounding error comes to mind. Heck, taxes |
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> and fees on the power bill is more than my puter uses. I would much |
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> rather fuss about the taxes than my puter. I use my puter. lol |
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> I think you hit it pretty good tho Alan. It's perspective. |
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And my gasoline bill for two cars and two bikes is double my power |
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bill :-) |
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I account for two thirds of the price and one third of the mileage (I |
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have a heavy foot and an even heavier wrist). I should probably put |
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some attention on that :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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