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| Thread ID: 32826 | 2003-04-29 05:53:00 | OT: Saving Power | csinclair83 (200) | Press F1 |
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| 139872 | 2003-04-29 08:40:00 | Well I thought that I might buy some more computers and run them air cooled and overclock them a lot. That way I'll be producing enough heat in my room to not need a heater :D | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 139873 | 2003-04-29 08:54:00 | yeah, I was hoping my new athlon would put out a bit more heat. I was actually planning to try redirecting the hot air from the PSU towards my feet/hands. | bmason (508) | ||
| 139874 | 2003-04-29 09:58:00 | Once upon a time there was an outfit called NZ Electricity Dept which "Owned" on our behalf, all the Power Stations in NZ. These Power Stations where built by the Ministry of Works. Naturally with the approval on the Govt on The day, to whom the NZED & MOW belonged. Some will say that these outfits where inefficient & self serving. However the NZED kept track of demand & had a new Power Station in the pipeline. Now we have a proliferation of Power Makers & Power Sellers All SUPPOSEDLEY in competition!!! None of these Power Makers is big enough to build a new Power Staion of any consequence. So now what?? We are encouraged at ALL times ( except now oddly) to USE USE Power. Why ? To make a profit to send overseas or to "GIVE" to the Govt of the Day. I along with 18 other Electricians & families were Imported" to work on the DC Cook Strait power cable job. At the Benmore Dam & Haywards substation. This was 1964. When Benmore was finished the next Power station was Aviemore, downstream from Benmore on the Waitaki river.The next I believe was Manapouri. I also worked on this one in 1969. I know it has been "Improved" with another tailrace tunnel to make Manapouri more efficient. Correct me if I am wrong but that is the last Hydro Power Station built in NZ. The very last PS was Huntly Gas Fired Power Station. Other than the small "Private" or Local Use Oil or Gas stations dotted around ( such as Otara) there has not been a Power Station or Generating Facility of any consequnce built. Have I got it right?? NZs population has been growing, & not secretely either. Our power usage will naturally increase. Have the people responsible for ensuring NZ has sufficient Electric Power to Function been doing their job? Obviously not. It is no good saying we waste power at home when, as an earlier Post says, Commercial signs etc are consuming far more power than us domestics are. The LACK OF HYDRO STATION WATER has been known for a long time now. Has anything been done about it? Auckland was having a similar prblem with drinking water, as is Wanganui at the moment. This has been corrected in Auckland & being so in Wanganui. Auckland knew it was not getting enough rainwater to fill the dams. How come Auckland knew about rainfall & the Power Makers didn't? So two years ago, here we go again!!!! I don't want to hear this Crap from the Govt & Power Makers about the shortage of Hydro Water. You cannot have water in the dam if you want money in the bank. For crying out loud build more Power Supply, be it Hydro, Wind or Sea made. Right I've had my Whinge, vented my spleen, & will probably now be "got at" Poppa John X-( X-( |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 139875 | 2003-04-29 10:05:00 | Wow Poppa John that was awesome... Something like that would be great for my upcoming History Project! Thanks for all that info - and don't worry about been "got at" - I think it's Chucky Hunting Season... ;) CyberChuck |
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| 139876 | 2003-04-29 10:12:00 | A nuclear power station in every city would be the way to go. The are very safe with todays technology | Baldy (26) | ||
| 139877 | 2003-04-29 10:20:00 | There was talk of damning the Ngakawau river north of Westport for hydro power. Sure it wouldn't be the biggest project ever, but it made sense in terms of being on the side of the mountain that gets the most rain, particually when the East Coast isn't.. That was about 10+ years ago. Like most thing West Coastish, talk is as far as it got. :( .Clueless |
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| 139878 | 2003-04-29 10:21:00 | I agree entirely. Apparently Green Peace in Europe has (reluctantly) agreed that nuclear is (a lot) greener than most other schemes. Wind farms - vast, noisy, very difficult to generate a reasonable amount of power. Coal, oil, gas - greenhouse gases, other pollutants. Hydro - not good flooding all those invaluable habitats. Solar - too expensive. Waves / tides - waste the coastline habitats. Geothermal - not enough. Fusion - how many more years?? I can't believe we live in a first world country and have to think of developing clockwork or peddle power PCs!!! | bba12 (1139) | ||
| 139879 | 2003-04-29 10:25:00 | Hi Baldy. I wonder if thats what we are being "Conditioned" for? It isn't likely to happen until the Public At Large is seriously inconvenienced. The new modern Nuclear PS are very safe. Sort of. But the Nuclear part of it is still very scary. You cannot flush that waste down the Loo either. I recommend that a Nuclear PS be built on the Coromandel. There is noone out there who would object, is there ]:) ]:) Poppa John | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 139880 | 2003-04-29 10:29:00 | >>The local foodtown supermarket has a sign illuminated by 5 x 275 watt floodlamps going day and night. That is nothing to what so many councils are wasting (eg. In Masterton there are a whole lot of street lamps which have an additional dozen or so bulbs on them. Carterton has their tree in the square still lit up) To me it is a joke when they ask the householder to save 10% if they are not wasteing it in the first place they can't save it. It is businesses that waste most of the power. Have any of them thought of using sensor lights. |
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| 139881 | 2003-04-29 10:36:00 | Well said Poppa John oh! for the good old days when common sense came before profit. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
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