Dang Chuck! I need a Tylenol after trying to read that. ;^)
Charlie
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Perhaps your heart cockles will be warmer if you read this. You'll no
> longer feel as guilty for using a Bimmer's worth of energy. :-)
> <
> http://climateaudit.org/2013/09/30/ipcc-disappears-the-discrepancy/#more-18425
> >
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/3/2013 1:51 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > You warm the cockles of my heart, Chuck.
> >
> > No, energy use is not the sole consideration, but it's an important one
> of the whole. And if I can walk or cycle instead of driving, I do so :-)
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 3 Oct 2013, at 15:52, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> And, of course, we have much different views on what's considered
> >> "waste" that's significant enough to worry about. Certainly energy use
> >> isn't your only criterion in selecting a car. Otherwise you'd be
> >> driving something like a Honda Fit rather than a Bimmer. But you did
> >> cause me to think about this a bit. Plugging and unplugging the
> >> laptop's power brick is a pain since it's under the desk. An extension
> >> cord with switch could solve that but likely rarely be remembered.
> >> Maybe a simple timer could reduce the power draw. But only if the timer
> >> drew less power than the idle brick and I have no way of knowing that.
> >
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