ShiggnessKhan OP t1_iycrl74 wrote
Reply to comment by TheRealOneTwo in Running a Gaming PC is free in winter because any energy going into it comes out as heat you don't have to get from a heater. by ShiggnessKhan
Can you explain that because from what I understand any device that converts electricity into heat is 100% efficient.
flexonaho t1_iydvw4x wrote
Not if that's not the intended conversation of the electricity. If your plug in heater also ran spreadsheets as a byproduct, then that wouldn't be an efficient heater
ShiggnessKhan OP t1_iydyycd wrote
The spreadsheets isn't taking away heat pretty much any electricity that goes into processing ends up as heat in the end.
If I'm missing something here I sincerely would like to know what its kind of the reason I posted this thought in the first place.
flexonaho t1_iydzsvz wrote
It does now because we haven't made everything 100% efficient. Everything starts as potential energy and the more of that potential energy you can convert into the energy you want, with less wasted on other forms of unwanted energy, the more efficient your conversion is.
It's like the ways cars are more efficient now. No less energy is imputed but the way it's user has been made more efficient
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