HugeNerd comments on Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Which is why I always laugh when people say to replace a 15 year old fridge to "save" on electricity. Why? It's as cheap as the wind, making and shipping a new fridge isn't.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago*

Which is why I always laugh when people say to replace a 15 year old fridge to “save” on electricity.

Really depends on how much your electricity costs relative to your efficiency gain on the new fridge.

But refrigerators are also largely a "solved" technology. We aren't radicallu changing how we run a compressor or insulate a unit. I ended up getting a new one recently because my old refrigerator's repair bill was going to be as much as a new unit.

Now, if units were more modular and easier/cheaper to repair? The math changes.

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[–] Prox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I'm going to spend $1500 so I can save $8/month."

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