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Originally Posted by nitrohosting
They still make the profit but it's at an earlier stage. The part of BP which actually puts the oil in the barrels sells it on to other parts of BP at the market rates, not at cost, so the majority of the profit is made before it gets near the forecourts.
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Yup, but as a group of companies, they only make so much on petrol because they carry out the whole operation (to an extent, there aren't all that many BP forecourts).
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Originally Posted by Larry David
.1A at 240V = 24W.
24W * 24hrs * 31 days = 17.856KW
The £1 extra for each .1A equates to an increase of 5.6p per KW/hr
The question is: have data centre raw electricity costs increased by 5.6p per Kw/hr since the service was first used?
If yes then it's a good deal. If no then it's not a good deal.
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That's overly simplistic, as the cost of power, isn't just related to the raw cost to the energy provider. You're also forgetting that the 0.1A you're being charged for, needs more power to remove the heat generated by it as well (The general rule of thumb was 1A needs another 1A to provide ancilaries and cooling, but I'm not up to date on the state of the art when it comes to UPS losses, air-con efficiencies etc.). If we stick to the 1A requires 1A more, then that actually equates to a rise of 2.8p per kWh.