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Google and Microsoft consume more energy than 100+ countries | Windows Central (www.windowscentral.com)

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So, is Watt-hours/unit-time no longer a meaningful unit?

Because, if so, you better tell every power company I've had, because that's how they've billed me.

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

WattHours is a unit of work. If you say that bitcoin uses x amount of Wh it doesn’t say shit about how much it actually consumes. Because you don’t say in what amount of time Bitcoin uses said amount of work, you cannot compare it. I could state, that Bitcoin uses 5 Wh. Which would also be correct.

Its the same as saying, Bob eats 5 apples. Alice eats 2000 apples. Can you compare the two? No, because what I forgot to mention is, that Bon eats 5 apples a week and Alice eats 2000 apples in 3 years. Now i can compare the two.

Do you get my point?