Arun Isaac arunisaac at systemreboot.net
Thu Jul 15 13:04:29 BST 2021
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Hi Nathan,
I’d like to push back against this a bit. While I have an “if it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it” mentality, one cannot justify running all old
computers on environmental grounds because newer computers are so much
more energy-efficient. Sure, the 486 in the closet might be capable of
sending data over a serial port, but the Raspberry Pi it connects to
that runs an operating system with modern TLS handling can handle
everything the 486 can at a fraction of the power budget.
I think you aren't considering the embodied energy spent inmanufacturing electronics. It is usually way higher than the energyspent in usage. Seehttps://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/06/embodied-energy-of-digital-technology.html
Quoting from the article,
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---The embodied energy of the memory chip alone already exceeds the energyconsumption of a laptop during its life expectancy of 3 years--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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