Monitors and power draw

[Steve]

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Rob Ransbottom wrote:


>>100 watts * 8 hrs * 250 days * O.16 $/kwh = 32.00$/year
>>
>>15" fp monitor = $400.00
>>17" crt monitor = $160.00
>>
>>Granting the fp monitor zero power usage this yields
>>a break even point about seven years away.
>>
>>Given this there is no financial need to explore the cost of heating,
>>cooling or space except in unusual circumstances.


Not sure what this means. If you're saying that the economics of just 
the energy savings from monitor use alone justify the purchase and thus 
you don't need to bother with the other stuff (heating, cooling, etc), 
you don't know that until you look at the other stuff.

It could be that it brings your break even closer by say a year. It 
could be negligible (well, at least now you know).

Steve