[pithon]

Which is not a small amount- around 140 of your standard 15A home circuits in the US with 120V service. And this is listening, not a transmitter.

[TheOtherHobbes]

It's a small amount compared to the 100MW of a larger data centre.

[idiotsecant]

And a duck is small compared to a schooner! Is this the thread where we just list relative characteristics of unrelated things?

[JohnJamesRambo]

Yes but this is something useful, instead of something we consider important as a society right now like making people click ads.

[meepmorp]

> this is something useful, instead of something we consider important as a society right now

Could you explain how radio astronomy is more useful than click ads?

[lallysingh]

It encourages people into the sciences, instead of making people hate their lives...

[gameswithgo]

Early warning of various potential extinction events