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> I'm generating more energy than I'm using. I don't consider efficiency to be a significant concern at the moment. I also produce a surplus and I sell it (for

> I'm generating more energy than I'm using. I don't consider efficiency to be a significant concern at the moment. I also produce a surplus and I sell it (for more than the local utility charges to boot). More efficiency is more money in my pocket, is it not for you?

matheusmoreira 5y ago
> I also produce a surplus and I sell it > More efficiency is more money in my pocket, is it not for you? Unfortunately, it isn't. I also inject surplus energy into the local power distribution network. In my country, I don't actually get paid for that. They give me "kWh credits" that I'm supposed to spend whenever I generare less energy than I consume. These credits will expire if unused, I can't accumulate them. So it is simply not viable for any home or business to generate more power than they consume. I have space for more solar panels but I'd be giving the power companies free energy if I installed them. Cryprocurrency is the perfect solution for my problem. Instead of giving them my energy surplus, I sink it into my computers instead so they can mine cryptocurrency. If the waste heat could be reused somehow, it would be even better...