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The people in my house use space heaters in their rooms. 1500 watts of electricity produces 1500 watts of heat whether you do it via a space heater or a compute
by lkbm 5y ago
The people in my house use space heaters in their rooms. 1500 watts of electricity produces 1500 watts of heat whether you do it via a space heater or a computer.
The only way OP's method is worse is the capital costs of the processors. The energy spent on the actual heating is converted with 100% efficient either way.
- joshlemer 5y agoWell, except that only works in the winter time.
- jack_pp 5y agodepends on your climate, my home needs heating like 8/12 months and gas prices have just surged more than 6x since last winter
- Kerrick 5y agoOur house is electrically heated via a heat pump, which has appreciably more efficiency than a resistance heater (or computer). Here's a neat video about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto
- lkbm 5y agoYeah, a heat pump is definitely better if you have it. My point is that if you don't, mining provides the same energy-to-heat conversion ratio. My house is from the 1800s and only has heating for the kitchen/dining room/living room.