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Re:Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new ... by faeyanpiraat on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:55AM (#28836847)
Heating with a Heat pump or Gas is significantly cheaper, so if you look at the big picture, it’s not “free money”.
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Re:Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new ... by nomel on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:53PM (#28843585)
Open air heat pumps have a lower limit for their operating temperature, so can't be used efficiently in cold climates (around < 25F), since they start to use more energy than they provide as heat. Geothermal heat pumps solve this, but cost more.

Gas is somewhere around half the cost of electricity. Back in the day, you would still profit with a GPU.

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