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You haven't provided the requested data. What's the energy consumption of "the total of electronics that are in standby in the US only"? Actually, let math out
by jcranmer 4y ago
You haven't provided the requested data. What's the energy consumption of "the total of electronics that are in standby in the US only"?
Actually, let math out an estimate of what your claim amounts to. Bitcoin uses ~125TWh/yr of electricity. The US has ~125 million households. That means Bitcoin uses about 1MWh/yr per US household, or on average, about 114W per US household. If I assume that's 5V DC circuits that's about 22A.
Therefore, your claim that Bitcoin uses more electricity than standby circuits in the US implies that standby circuits are consuming more electricity than the maximum capacity of one of the circuits in a typical circuit breaker box. That doesn't pass the smell test.