[justapassenger]

Power consumption is an issue, but worrying about CPUs of a gaming machine is like worrying about straws in the context of the pollution.

Electricity needs of an average household in western world are going to increase a lot in coming decades, with transition to more electric heating, cooking, cars, etc. Gaming machine power usage is minuscule compared to those.

[epolanski]

Just because energy needs keep increasing it's not a good reason to be okay they do.

While most house electronics keep pushing to consume less, computers go in the opposite direction.

This also adds tons of heat in my laptops or the air.

Working or gaming in a small room during hot days is painful.

Even consoles making noises of a turbo jet are nowadays considered normal. It's a disaster.

[jbkkd]

The major difference between a CPU and, say, an oven, is that the former runs 24/7, whereas an the latter would run for a short period of time.

Back of the envelope calculation here:

Assuming an average oven consumes 2kWh, and a CPU 0.1kWh:

Oven for four hours (average weekly usage) would be 2 * 4 = 8kWh weekly.

CPU for 24 hours, 7 days a week = 0.1 * 24 * 7 = 16.8kWh weekly.

[Dinjector]

The flaws in your calculations are apparent when we realize that modern CPUs clock down when they are not busy. You would assume this would be common knowledge on a site called Hacker News.

[gspr]

Interesting choice of units, kWh per hour?