y'know, sometimes, I actually fell sorry for the more honest ones, over at DU. They have to put up with dweebs like this...
[quote]I have actually been contributing to the folding@home for years. The science appears to be valuable. I think that all distributive computing projects should be required make a CO2 emissions statement.
I did some CO2 calculations for SETI@Home. The projects are not at all related but the numbers will be similar.
SETI annual CO2 = 34k to 64k SUVs driving 15k miles
Seti@home claims 506,415 active computers.
1 kilowatt hour = 1 lb of CO2 (w/ natural gas plants)
Coal plants generate twice the CO2.
506,415 * 100 watts each = 50641 kilowatts
24 hours * 50,640 lbs = 607 tons of CO2 per day
221,802 tons of CO2 per year (w/ Natural gas)
443,619 tons of CO2 per year (w/ coal)
all SETI projects = 860,120 users
377k tons to 754k tons of CO2 per year
That is 34k to 68k large SUVs driving 15k miles
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/17634.shtml
Here is a table of annual per capita CO2 emissions:
Country Year CO2e Mt / Pop M = CO2e t/person
Australia 2001 553 / 20.09 = 27.53
Canada 2003 740.00 / 31.00 = 23.87
China 2004 3583.80 / 1306.30 = 2.74
European Union 1999 4030.00 / 375.30 = 10.74
India 2001 1228.54 / 1027.00 = 1.20
Japan 2002 1224.98 / 126.93 = 9.65
Netherlands 1999 174.10 / 19.80 = 8.79
Russia 1999 1880.00 / 145.60 = 12.91
United Kingdom 2003 656.00 / 59.60 = 11.01
USA 2003 6935.70 / 290.81 = 23.85
A hybrid car generates 4 tons of CO2 per 15K miles and an SUV generates about 12 tons of CO2 per 15K miles.[/quote]
Now, tell me, just what in the *ell, that proved, if anything? I think, the only reason why he's contributing to Seti@home, is maybe, someday, he'll find out who his real parents are?