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Article #1338Re: If you're not using it, turn it off!
From: PQQ
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 22:35
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 22:35
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Isn't there a fallacy in the argument about turning off PC's? To believe that actual savings of fossil fuel burning would result, one must assume that the 5% of electricity not consumed would result in less coal/oil/nat. gas being burned and/or 5% fewer power plants. I seriously doubt this would be the true, especially since when PCs are not in use is not during peak power demand times. Unless the electric generators are going to be "turned down", I doubt that turning off PC's will actually have the desired effect. If there is more to this argument (other than its appearance as rational), please follow up. Dick Pratt BITNET:pqq@psuvm INTERNET: pqq@psuvm.psu.edu 7 Ferguson Bldg. Penn State University Park, PA 16802 814/865-6942
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112197,bc1221665a9e54e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid112197,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-29 15:19:42 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!noc.near.net!saturn.caps.maine.edu!maine.maine.edu!cunyvm!psuvm!pqq From: PQQ@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: bit.general Subject: Re: If you're not using it, turn it off! Message-ID: <93088.173527PQQ@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 29 Mar 93 22:35:26 GMT References: <1993Mar21.221318.36268@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <1993Mar22.083106.538@indyvax.iupui.edu> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 14