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

[Derek LaHousse]

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?