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title: California power crisis is not due to computers
date: "2001-02-06T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1895
description: I highlight research showing the California power crisis was not caused by computers or distributed projects like Seti@home. These findings debunk the myth that high-tech energy demands were responsible for the state's blackouts.
keywords: [california power crisis, distributed computing, seti@home, rc5, energy consumption, electricity supply]
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The California power crisis is [not due to computers](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41623,00.html). So distributed projects like [Seti@home](http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/) and [RC5](http://www.distributed.net/rc5/) are [not to blame](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41606,00.html).