Re: Power Supplies, Saving Money, and switching vs. Linear?

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >Well, to some the piece of mind that they're not wasting that much more
in
> >the way of fossil fuels is worth the investment.  It's not purely a
matter
> >of costs.  18 years (and more) of not being yet another fuel consumer.
>
> Minus the fuel consumed to manufacture and transport the switchmode supply
> (and its constituent parts).

Everything costs something.  The end result is still the same, reduction of
fossil fuel use at the residence.

> And the 18 years is also rather iffy. There might be some new technology
> that comes along in 2-3 years that obsoletes both types of power supply.

Meanwhile doing nothing helps, how?