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It's not necessarily waste. My home is heated using an electric furnace. The heat given off by GPU mining offsets the furnace. It's essentially "free" electrici
by coin 14y ago
It's not necessarily waste. My home is heated using an electric furnace. The heat given off by GPU mining offsets the furnace. It's essentially "free" electricity while mining during winter months.
- wmf 14y agoNote that resistive heating is generally less efficient than a heat pump or gas.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoSince you mentioned it - note that heat pumps are like 5 times more effective than gas or resistive heating. Really, given that they tend to have 400% - 500% efficiency, everything else is a waste. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump#Efficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump#Efficiency
- coin 14y agoMy home is heated with resistive heating (heating elements in furnace + a few baseboard heaters).