tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post2320392294816173822..comments2023-11-02T05:27:45.871-04:00Comments on The Culture of Chemistry: The Carbon Footprint of that ComputerMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-67843529259645053902013-10-06T16:39:12.097-04:002013-10-06T16:39:12.097-04:00What about the Carbon footprint to make all the co...What about the Carbon footprint to make all the computers to date? Has to be as high or higher then the power to use them NO?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-53994683772177757892010-05-10T11:06:45.040-04:002010-05-10T11:06:45.040-04:00i like thisi like thishttp://www.oracledba.inhttp://www.oracledba.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-40090943492915234742009-08-11T10:18:58.091-04:002009-08-11T10:18:58.091-04:00I think the conversation eventually turned to how ...I think the conversation eventually turned to how much energy computers used should you turn them off to save energy.cheap computershttp://www.electrocomputerwarehouse.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-27988833649934057352009-02-11T19:01:00.000-05:002009-02-11T19:01:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-82535904522873506882007-11-06T15:56:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:56:00.000-05:00This is an excellent point, and in fact the actual...This is an excellent point, and in fact the actual advice I gave to the questioner was to ask his IT people about the night work. My institution does not do unscheduled work, for example. So things can be scheduled to be shut down at night. <BR/><BR/>To the best of my knowledge, the durability issue is a chimera -- but you never know. I shut off at home, and since that comes from my budget, I guess I'm putting my money behind that principle.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-75873712976902483032007-11-06T15:48:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:48:00.000-05:00As an ex-chemist who is now on the IT side doing a...As an ex-chemist who is now on the IT side doing academic technology, the power issue is not all of it.<BR/><BR/>There are a variety of arguments about the durability of various components in a computer, especially hard drives and power supplies. If the failure rates are higher if the machines are turned off and on, the carbon cost to manufacture new ones may well offset the entire power savings. I've seen arguments both ways on the durability issue.<BR/><BR/>However, the real reason is practical. Most IT departments schedule backups, patches, updates, virus and spyware checks and such at night so that performance isn't hurt when you actually want to use the machine. This has been a constant problem in our classrooms: I had one of my workers going around on weekends making sure machines were on- otherwise they were almost useless when they woke up on Monday morning, causing many irritations for faculty who want to use them in classes.Eric Remyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260585310688819484noreply@blogger.com