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Re:By 2040, computers will need more electricity than the wo... by nhebb on Monday July 25, 2016 @07:46AM (#12157978)
The Joules/year on the graph is a flat line from now to 2040. It ought to read "does generate" instead of "can generate'.
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Re:By 2040, computers will need more electricity than the wo... by JosephRedfern on Monday July 25, 2016 @07:50AM (#12157994)
It isn't a flat line: http://i.imgur.com/oTUC2Nf.jpg. The black bar I added is flat.
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Re:By 2040, computers will need more electricity than the wo... by nhebb on Monday July 25, 2016 @04:36PM (#12161440)
Fair enough, but that's still "projected to generate" not "can generate".
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