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excessive conspicuous consumption Energy is a proxy for accomplishment and development. Humanity's #1 goal should be to maximize energy use per capita while m
by nitrogen 5y ago
excessive conspicuous consumption
Energy is a proxy for accomplishment and development. Humanity's #1 goal should be to maximize energy use per capita while minimizing energy use per activity, such that every human is doing as many desirable activities as possible.
Gaming at 1kW for an hour costs 30 cents or less in electricity. As others have mentioned indirectly, going for a Sunday drive to see the changing leaves uses more energy. A space heater uses more power.
- stirfish 5y ago>minimizing energy use per activity Maybe this is what feels off? A kilowatt feels like too much for a videogame. This isn't a bitcoin mining thing, is it?
- colejohnson66 5y agoIf we take a game console or PC running at 250 watts (made up number), 4 hours is already a kilowatt-hour. Kilowatt-hours sounds like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not.
- merb 5y agomy rtx 3070 uses like 70-80% on average when I play new world. my cpu (5600x) is very low (~25%), but I probably blow like ~250 watt or more per hour and I do not have a expensive setup (no rgb, etc.)