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PS5 uses a peak of 200W[0]. If they were used constantly, it would be 200Wh/h or 1.75MWh/yr. 13.4M PS5s would kick that up to 23TWhr/yr. The energy use of Eth i
by inlined 5y ago
PS5 uses a peak of 200W[0]. If they were used constantly, it would be 200Wh/h or 1.75MWh/yr. 13.4M PS5s would kick that up to 23TWhr/yr. The energy use of Eth is estimated at over 100TWHr/yr[1]. So no… even if every PS5, a chip that has climate scientists worried, that was ever created was left doing something horribly inefficient (say, computing PoW coin) 24x7 it would be using a quarter of this one coin’s energy consumption.
[0]: https://www.gamesradar.com/why-climate-scientists-think-the-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-are-still-too-much-of-an-energy-drain/#:~:text=A%20new%20report%20from%20the,energy%20usage%20of%20their%20predecessors https://www.gamesradar.com/why-climate-scientists-think-the-....
[1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265897/worldwide-ethereum-energy-consumption/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265897/worldwide-ethere...
- rglullis 5y agoForget about PoW. I was talking about the 300k PoS validators on the Beacon chain ("ETH2.0"). You can run a validator on less than 10W. Any cheap celeron can do it.