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Let’s put numbers on it. The mean price of electricity for me is about 40c per kWh: about as high as anywhere in the US. There are about 730 hours in a month,

Let’s put numbers on it. The mean price of electricity for me is about 40c per kWh: about as high as anywhere in the US. There are about 730 hours in a month, and a consumer machine can sustain maybe 500W, so we can spend 0.4 * 0.5 * 730 = 146 dollars on compute power per box unless we start buying special stuff.

nozzlegear 2mo ago
For my area (nw Iowa) where electricity is about 10¢ per kWh, that'd be like $43.8 ish? In reality much less for me personally with a Mac Studio, since it doesn't go anywhere near 500W