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as a rule of thumb, electronics will take as much energy to produce as they will use in their lifetime. A silicon chip is a very expensive resistor which has al
by jazzyjackson 3y ago
as a rule of thumb, electronics will take as much energy to produce as they will use in their lifetime. A silicon chip is a very expensive resistor which has already consumed enormous energy to produce (another rule of thumb, the cost of silicon is double the cost of the energy it took to produce)
disclaimer: i dont know where i heard this
also if you google "bitcoin miner radiator" there's a few attempts. Apparently there's a spa in NYC that heats their water with ASICs
https://kotaku.com/bathhouse-nyc-spa-bitcoin-asics-1850958168 https://kotaku.com/bathhouse-nyc-spa-bitcoin-asics-185095816...
- kwikiel 3y agoThis rule is very wrong for the things like an iPhone which while expensive won’t be using a lot of electricity in its lifetime
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- syndicatedjelly 3y agoI think they are including all the input resources (e.g. power for the machine that is capable of manufacturing the parts for the iPhone, power for the computers of the designers and engineers that designed it). It seems to be some sort of extrapolation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of the universe is always increasing
- smoldesu 3y agoEspecially considering how power-hungry it is to mill/finish the phone chassis, plus the cost of cutting-edge lithography and low-yield wastage.