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Aggregating load is useful to get a sense of overall scale, but per use costs are probably a more realistic proxy. One query is ~2Wh. At average retail pricing
by icegreentea2 2y ago
Aggregating load is useful to get a sense of overall scale, but per use costs are probably a more realistic proxy. One query is ~2Wh. At average retail pricing (17.5c per kWh) that's like... 0.035c per query. You're at like 30 queries before reaching a second cent of electricity.
A monitor is like ~10-20W. So one query is like having your monitor on for an extra 12 minutes a day.
At this scale, there's going to be no consumer side incentive to conserve.