2009/12/13, Andre Engels <andreeng...@gmail.com>: > I don't think that's a practical solution. It's not because they need > to be cooled that computers cost so much energy - rather the opposite: > they use much energy, and because energy cannot be created or > destroyed, this energy has to go out some way - and that way is heat.
In cold countries, energy can have two lives : a first life making calculations in a computer, or transforming matter (ore into metal, trees into books), and a second life heating homes. But the best is to use no energy at all : see the OLPC project in Afghanistan (A computer with pedals, like the sewing machines of our great-great-great-grand-mothers) (1) (1) http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/afghanistan/updates_from_olpc_afghanistan_1.html _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
