[rescue] Introduction + Cray Solaris questions

[James Lockwood]

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> i do the same thing, only i have one power meter.  my house and water are
> heated by home heating oil (evil, but i rent, so what can i do) so really the
> only things that draw power are the stove, the dryer and the lights.  and
> compared to what my gear pulls?  i know it's a drop in the bucket. ;)

Oil is actually one of the most efficient ways to heat, end to end, if
you've got a clean burning high efficiency boiler.  Beats the heck out of
electric and propane, and LPG is only useful and economical in certain
circumstances.  Solar has advantages but it has disadvantages too.

Dryers and electric stoves suck power.  You might be surprised at how much
they consume if you run them regularly.

-James