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Thread: Not sure how much longer they will be able to keep crunching in the UK |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Well, I just replaced my heat&power hungry X3360 to a less heat&power hungry Q9400S...same thing was done with Q9550S, but that one is about $100 a piece!
----------------------------------------Soon el.bills in Croatia will raise, probably from 1st Jan...so I'm prepared! One thing I noticed that with that QS procesors & full intel heatsink for intel, much less heat is going out in the room! So soon, the 3rd one has to go also! ;) |
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I know what you mean Klik
----------------------------------------It's swings and roundabouts If your PC or your energy efficient lights are not pumping out the waste heat they used to, due to progress ........ your heating has to be turned up/stay on longer to compensate  |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Well, gas is not so expensive for heating...& having one hot room in house, totally disrupts my thermometer!
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Agreed KLiK
----------------------------------------We've come a long way energy efficiency wise since the beginning of this project Single core 32bit 2.1Ghz 89Watt TDP .... |
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Harriscott
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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We need to resist the introduction of "Smart" Meters Harriscott
----------------------------------------They are being installed under the guise of "This will allow you to see how much energy you are using around the clock and we'll be able to provide cheaper electricity at certain times of the day" Instead it means ....we now have complete control over your supply The problem with the UK supply isn't renewables. It's the complete lack of foresight given to plan a reliable electricity supply in a joined up fashion. A rigged Market ....and the UK political history of the 80's (I can't even say that name) 5th largest economy by GDP and yet we will be sitting in the dark shortly. My Pic of Ferrybridge on the 8th March this year  It was shut down on the 23rd March as legislation turned this fully paid for fully viable resource into a huge loss making enterprise for it's owner We have a government who are anti-coal anti-fracking pro-nuclear (because it is so clean and safe - despite the £120,000,000,000 plus bill to clean up the current nuclear mess) and so ..... The lights are going out |
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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" households could be forced to pay extra to keep their lights on while their neighbours “sit in the dark” because “not everyone will be able to use as much as electricity as they want”.
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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How's your Global Warming ?
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Harriscott
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Jan 15, 2008 Post Count: 58 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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How's your Global Warming ? Darn chilly, thank you very much. This shows how much climate science has improved over the years. Decades ago we had milder winters, and scientists said that Global Warming would cause milder winters, and the press came out with articles such as this: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past But that was long ago, before the discovery of Climate Change. Now we understand that Climate Change causes all sorts of bad weather, such as freezing blizzards. Just so! More than 135 schools close in Chicago |
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toss
Senior Cruncher New Zealand Joined: Jan 3, 2007 Post Count: 220 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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But that was long ago, before the discovery of Climate Change. Perhaps you might benefit from a little more understanding of the very long history of the climate change debate. Discovery was certainly not a recent event - rather it was about 200 years ago. The history of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century when ice ages and other natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural greenhouse effect first identified. In the late 19th century, scientists first argued that human emissions of greenhouse gases could change the climate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science |
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