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From: Jeff.Miller@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Leaving computer equipment on all the time
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Date: 25 Sep 90 07:47:03 GMT
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Several people asked questions along the lines of:
 
What about raw material cost of the extra failing equipment? 
 
What of the gas used by the repair personnel?
 
I would point out that these energy and raw materials costs are a 
_fraction_ of any repair cost, and are _built in_ to that cost. 
_IF_ you save money in the long run than by definiton you have saved 
energy. If you insist on a "full cycle" view then a better question might be: 
What will everyone do with the money they save? It may well be an unrecognized 
law of thermodynamics that all money eventually ends up as heat! 
 
But if we make intelligent choices on a consistent basis I think we will be 
better off.

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