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Neil Williams wrote: > On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:53:05 +0100 > James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> You don't have a dishwasher, washing machine or tumble drier? > > In a bachelor pad? Do you really think those get more usage than the > microwave? A fair point. A family with two kids barely in school who prefer being outdoors whenever possible is somewhat different. >> Any decent electric oven is going to suck 3kW or >> there abouts. (Obviously there are some strange people who prefer gas >> ovens, and I could be tempted by a gas tumble drier, but I've really >> struggled to find an intelligently designed power-conscious dishwasher >> or washing machine yet. > > Even power-hungry appliances become invisible when used rarely enough. > > I've a lawn-mower too but that doesn't register on the overall > electricity usage. Unfortunately (or not :) our washing machine sees a lot of use, and the dishwasher probably runs at least three times every two days (and as there's some research suggesting that running a dishwasher full is more environmentally friendly than washing up by hand, I'm not going to feel too guilty about that). >> more. The irritating (for me) thing is that all the individual bits >> required to achieve more environmentally conscious (and, in fact, more >> generally better-controlled) power consumption in a house already exist, >> but there's no easy way to pull the whole lot together at anything >> approaching reasonable consumer-level pricing. > > Well most people "pull the whole lot together" by getting up off the > sofa and pressing things with their fingers. > :-) I see lots of potential uses for such things that have nothing to do with being too lazy to get off one's arse :) Certainly they're not all relevant to everyone though. James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html