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Re: Computer & Power consumption
« on: February 26, 2003, 10:05:58 PM »
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mikeymike wrote:
I think something you might find more alarming is the amount of fossil fuels required in chip manufacture.  I don't have a URL handy to quote, I think I read it in some paper type thing once.  


I probably read the same thing you did.  I remember the author saying that the mass ratio of the inputs versus the output was something like 90:1.  That's a hell of a lot of waste.
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