I think the intent is for this to be a functional art installation more than anything. Of course there are less expensive (and more "practical" ways of accumula

I think the intent is for this to be a functional art installation more than anything. Of course there are less expensive (and more "practical" ways of accumulating entropy), but this is a very cool art project that provides a pretty core function. Yeah, maybe it's kind of expensive to run, but that's not that extreme. A lightbulb is like 100W too right?