Energy can neither be created nor destroyed so in the grand scheme of things, everything is 100% energy efficient one way or another.
I mean if you want to go that route, we could just say that every speaker, light source, motor, etc is 100% efficient at generating heat because all of its energy output will eventually become heat.
PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
vynlwombat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I suggest we submit proposals to define “100%” and “efficient” before we design the experiment
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
That is also completely true, but meaningless because heat generation is not the purpose of these devices. However, if you use them in a building heated by a thermostat-controlled electric heater, you’re effectivhly running them for free.
Xatix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I‘m was using two old servers with folding@home running as space heaters in the winter. I got them for dirt cheap and thought if I convert electricity into heat, I might as well do something good with it. Also nice opportunity to run a minecraft server for the kids during that time.
Xatix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
You double-posted this comment, FYI
Techranger@infosec.pub 2 months ago
One for each server.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It’s still efficient because both those comments will end up as heat anyway.