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That might possibly be close where you live, but not where I live. I need to heat my home at least 8 months a year and I heat using electricity (which isn't the
by usr1106 4y ago
That might possibly be close where you live, but not where I live. I need to heat my home at least 8 months a year and I heat using electricity (which isn't the smartest thing to do, but that's the way the house was built 30 years ago). It is too hot inside less than 4 weeks a year. So saving energy is done by trying to live in cooler rooms, but not by searching for small consumers.
- tfvlrue 4y agoI'm curious if you mean the 15 cents per kwh estimate is too high or too low? It's a conservative average for me in upstate NY over the past ~15 years. If you're using electric resistance heat, then I suppose a running computer is kind of like processing power plus "free" heat :)
- usr1106 4y agoPrices obviosly differ a whole lot depending on the country. My point was not absolute monetary savings, but energy saving. My school physics tells me that nearly everything you do with electricity at home will heat your home. Doesn't matter whether it's the baking oven, the computer or the fridge. So if you heat using electricity and live in cold climate saving energy for computers or household appliances just moves the same consumption to heating. The big exception is heating water. That energy is typically lost to the sewer. As long as you pay the same electricity price for your computer as for your heating, it does not make a differencd whether that's 7 or 50 cent or the 15 you estimated.