Ask HN: Was there controversy with how much energy computers were using

[jtouri]

Given the news about how mining crypto is destroying the environment, was there any news similar to that when the personal computer started to be adopted in the masses?

[daveoc64]

The Energy Star program (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Star) is an example of how energy usage of computers was considered in the 90s.

I expect that the controversy with cryptocurrency stems from a perception that it's using a lot of power without providing much benefit to society.