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ET, phone for help
A couple of weeks ago we debated the wisdom of thousands of PCs being left on overnight to perform climate control experiments.
‘Your item reminds me of a debate some of us had at CMG a few years ago about leaving PCs on to search for aliens with SETI@home,’ says Alan Parkin. ‘When it was pointed out that this was a waste of fossil fuels, somebody argued that ET might well have a solution to the energy crisis.
‘Another person pointed out that it would be ironic if the first message we received from space was: “we have run out of fossil fuels, can anyone help?”’ he adds.
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