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

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Two articles in today's NYT reinforce what I wrote yesterday.


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/24/science/earth/24melt.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/business/22emission.html?pagewanted=all

nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:

>NASA's chief environmental scientist thinks we have less than 10 years to
>reduce and start reversing greenhouse gas emissions before we reach a
>tipping point with regard to the polar ice caps. I suspect we've already
>passed that tipping point. In either case, "psychological paybacks" won't
>cut it nor will replacing existing linear supplies with switchmode supplies.
>It requires real efforts with real paybacks. Countries like China and Brazil
>seem to be far ahead of us in making real and meaningful efforts.