1 - There is already something similar to this. I don't know the details, because I only heard about it quickly in the radio here in Brazil. Some US or Canadian company already has something similar ready, but for sugarcane instead of wood. They had development fase close to completion, starting planning for eventual production.
2 - Rain Forest? In Patagonia????? Sorry if my english sucks, but as far as I know, Rain Forest is a tropical forest. Patagonia is in the southern extreme of South America. That's temperate to polar Climate!!!!!
Actually, obsolescence kills the computer much earlier. Tipically, computers will be used for 2 to 5 years (sometimes for 6 or 7 years, but hardly more than that) before beeing discarted. It's power systems usually last a LOT longer than that, as long as you have minimal working conditions (decent energy supply or UPS, climate, etc).
So, keeping the computer on just to a avoid a possible wearing out of the physical parts really does not make much sense.
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1 - There is already something similar to this. I don't know the details, because I only heard about it quickly in the radio here in Brazil. Some US or Canadian company already has something similar ready, but for sugarcane instead of wood. They had development fase close to completion, starting planning for eventual production.
2 - Rain Forest? In Patagonia????? Sorry if my english sucks, but as far as I know, Rain Forest is a tropical forest. Patagonia is in the southern extreme of South America. That's temperate to polar Climate!!!!!
Actually, obsolescence kills the computer much earlier. Tipically, computers will be used for 2 to 5 years (sometimes for 6 or 7 years, but hardly more than that) before beeing discarted. It's power systems usually last a LOT longer than that, as long as you have minimal working conditions (decent energy supply or UPS, climate, etc).
So, keeping the computer on just to a avoid a possible wearing out of the physical parts really does not make much sense.