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ProfessorGAC

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5. Sorry, But The Math Isn't Working For Me

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:14 AM

22 hrs ago

The typical house has a 150,000 BTU per hour furnace.
That's around 158 million joules per hour.
That's 43,888 joules per second.
A home data mining operation provides over 43,000 watts of waste heat each second?
The typical home only uses 35-40 kilowatts per day.
That's one heck of a "home" computer".

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Not the Onion: Some Americans Trying to Heat Homes with Bitcoin Mining [View all] GreatGazoo Sunday OP

Brick . . . Head Bread and Circuses Sunday #1

As stupid as this is, and it is stupid. Gore1FL Sunday #2

Well..its an idea BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #3

The better versions of this wants to use heat from the data centers GreatGazoo Yesterday #4

Sorry, But The Math Isn't Working For Me ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #5

The NYTimes noted that in their tests GreatGazoo 21 hrs ago #6

Could Be So ProfessorGAC 19 hrs ago #9

This is so stupid jfz9580m 21 hrs ago #7

But...but..but I asked AI GreatGazoo 19 hrs ago #8