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Article #202Re: Computers use 7W when SWITCHED OFF!
From: bcoombes
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:58
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:58
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Synapse Syndrome wrote: > Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> I guess you also think that leaving a tv in standby is a waste too? >>>>> In the UK, there's been a big campaign >>>> And its all bollocks. >>>> >>> It's still tens of millions of watts wasted throughout the country. >>> >> And? You can't fully stop a powerstation from producing electricity > > Whatever gave you that idea? It does not even seem to make much sense. Are > you saying that the National Grid is running at 100% capacity all the time > or what? It never has. > There is nearly always surplus capacity on the grid during off peak times as because of the sheer size and mass of large turbine rotors it takes several hours to run them up, also most turbine failures occur during run down/up so engineers prefer to keep them under load anyway, > Peak demand power power stations using gas and emergency diesel are turned > on and off all the time. And this issue is long term - allowing lower > capacity on the baseload power stations, using coal and nuclear power (which > can also be turned off, anyway). > Well, the fact that there are peak demand facilities doesn't invalidate Conor's point.
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