[Arm-netbook] EU restricting power consumption of discrete chips

[Gordan Bobic]

On 10/16/2012 03:10 PM, Derek LaHousse wrote:
> luke.leighton<luke.leighton<at>  gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> Perfectly reasonable if you ask me, it can only benefit the end user
>> if their devices aren't being horribly inefficient when they're not
>> actually putting all their resources to use. Apart from that they're
>> also seeking to enforce the 80+ bronze standard for PSUs, another
>> thing that actually benefits the consumer."
>>
>
> So... a 500W graphics card which gets used for... oh say an hour daily...  It
> matters whether it draws 5 W or 10 W idle?  that's only... (115 W / 500 W) 23%
> more use.  And that's assuming the difference really is that great.
>
> Wouldn't this be better handled by increasing the cost of electricity?

Legislation is brought about by politicians. Politicians like to get 
re-elected. Mandating higher electricity costs is generally makes it 
difficult to get re-elected.

Gordan