I think we are missing the point.

This is America!!  We have lost our way.

Government was instituted to protect us at the Federal level and protect 
us, provide water, sewer, roads, and schools and no more at the local 
level.  At the state level the government is supposed to protect us from 
runaway federal government.

As for cars that use too much fuel and computers that use too may watts, 
let the market place decide not the government.

We have a problem in California where they do not clean the forest floor 
of dead fuel and then they wonder why there are so many wild fires.

California is also guilty of not maintaining it's power grid so now they 
have rolling blackouts.

As a side note California also has the most homeless of any place on 
earth.  I read the richest place on earth, silicon valley, has designer 
trash cans and human excrement on the sidewalks and streets.

We have lost our way.  We need Government to get out of the way and let 
the FREE market decide what Americans want to consume and let private 
business provide those goods and services.

As a side note, did you know that America is producing less pollution 
that it has in the past?

By the way CO2 is natural.  Plants were CREATED to take CO2 and turn it 
into oxygen.

 From the Internet :

"Plants are autotrophs, which means they produce their own food. They 
use the process of photosynthesis to transform water, sunlight, and 
carbon dioxide into oxygen, and simple sugars that the plant uses as 
fuel.".

I think my neighborhood is doing it's part.  We have an HOA that 
requires each home have a mix of plants per the CC&Rs.  All of this is 
artificial.  We pipe water in to the houses and some of the water finds 
it's way into our drip irrigation.

On the other hand this leads some to hire gardeners.  These gardeners 
drive big gas burning trucks and pull trainers full of refuge and power 
tools - most of which use gas.  If I believed in global warming, which I 
do not, I would be concerned.

I could start a blog on global warming.

Follow the money.  Look at Al Gore who is making money off of global 
warning and stands to make a ton.

If Al Gore was really concerned wouldn't he be concerned about his 
electric and gas foot print.  No he is an elitist that does not care.  
He has a huge home with huge upkeep.  If you want to lead you much lead 
by example.  Al Gore has proven to be a man who wants to make money off 
of our sufferings.

We have been duped.








On 2021-08-02 05:41, Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> All this bickering is missing the overall point:
> 
> The era of mainstream desktop PCs draining huge amounts of electricity
> is over. The expectation is that we now use power efficient PCs, 
> whether
> we like it or not.
> 
> If only the graphics card vendors would make usable high end graphics
> cards that don't require 550W all by itself, and 850W power supplies 
> for
> the whole system.
> 
> https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/geforce-rtx-3090-will-require-850w-power-supply-and-12-pin-plug/zb22f1
> 
> Power efficient electronics have been the norm for awhile, and power
> efficiency is a huge deal in laptop PCs and servers (and has been for a
> VERY long time). Its only just now caught up to the desktop PC market.
> 
> -Matt
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