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If you would tell people at the start of 20th century how much energy we consume, they may not believe you or think it is wasteful.
by Muromec 3mo ago
If you would tell people at the start of 20th century how much energy we consume, they may not believe you or think it is wasteful.
- gpugreg 3mo agoLooks like global energy consumption has risen by an order of magnitude from 1900 to 2000: https://www.encyclopedie-energie.org/en/world-energy-consumption-1800-2000-results/#h3-1 https://www.encyclopedie-energie.org/en/world-energy-consump... Unfortunately, electricity prices did not fall by the same factor, so I fear that training a frontier model will still cause a an unsustainable dent in my monthly budget.
- croemer 3mo agoPrices have dropped by a factor of around 6 in real terms since 1925 for US household electricity. https://chatgpt.com/share/6a6f3f3b-7624-83ed-a11a-248cb39728d2 https://chatgpt.com/share/6a6f3f3b-7624-83ed-a11a-248cb39728...
- Muromec 2mo agoOnly an order of magnitude? I'm both surprised by both the fact it's so low and the fact 1900 is 3x of 1800.