On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 17:29 -0400, Peter Sjoberg wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 01:38 -0400, Stephen Gregory wrote: > > I borrowed a decent ammeter from work to measure the power usage of > > some computers. > I borrowed a kill-a-watt meter from the library and did some > measurements at home. With that you can measure power usage over time -clipped- What would be the environmental impact comparison if servers were provided by a commercial service as opposed to maintaining your own in your home or business? Personal cost would be greater, I assume, but would there be any economies of scale as far as the environment is concerned? Going further, would there be any environmental advantage if all computer services/applications were provided from central servers? (Ignoring loss of personal control of the OS) Reply to General List if this seems too non-tech for this list. -m