TheLostSwedeAren't those the Intel based ones?

lexluthermiesterFor those who have missed it, there is a discussion about this situation in progress at the thread below;
www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/dell-wont-ship-energy-hungry-pcs-to-california-and-five-other-us-states.284971/

LTUGamerIt is very good news for residents of these states

LomskijBuild your own system then - what's the problem?

LycanwolfenThis is comming to be a total joke now they are limited power on devices and yet allowing electric cars on the road that use alot more. I went to the CA site to read up the law and wow saw this on there site. "California also led the nation in utility-scale electricity generation from biomass in 2019. Biomass fueled about 3% of the state's net generation that year.53 Nearly three-fifths of the state's utility-scale biomass generating capacity is at 30 power plants fueled by wood and wood waste" They are cutting tree's down all over the planet to fuel these biomass plants. Thus we are going backwards again. The ozone layers are disappearing and the heat waves are increasing. Honestly Coal burning plants was more efficient. It takes almost 8 biomass plants to produce the same energy of one Coal burning plant. I looked it up it takes 1 whole ton of wood per hour to make 1 megawatt of electricly on average. Coal for example 1 ton of coal produces 8.1 Megawatts of power. Yes the biomass plants produce less CO2 but with the ammount of wood they are burning they are removing more Trees that convert CO2 to Air we breathe.

This big push for green energy has a dark secret. As I always say the Brighter the Picture the darker the negative.

Also got a PDF from CA their biosmass plants is burning roughly 28 million tons of wood per year. thats just one state. No wonder our climate is changing so fast. We are cutting down all the things that remove CO2 in the air.

P4-630In other news.... "Tesla cars and other EV's cannot be delivered to several states due to new power regulations"..... :D :nutkick:

the54thvoidSeems a pointless thing to slap a power limit on something that can be ugraded. It's not like a kettle or vacuum cleaner.

Bonkers. And as folk have rightly said - consumer electrics are small fries compared to industry.

a 2015 Semiconductor Industry Association report [PDF] that, given a benchmark system of 10-14 Joules/per bit transition, "computing will not be sustainable by 2040, when the energy required for computing will exceed the estimated world’s energy production."


Graph from SIA report on the IT revolution ... Click to enlarge
Current processors operate at about 10-17 J/bit, which the SIA considers to be a workable target for more efficient computing, though the group said in a more recent report, "Revolutionary changes to computing will be required soon."

LTUGamerIt is very good news for residents of these states