This site says a single ChatGPT query consumes 0.00396 KWh.
Assume an average LED light bulb is 10 watts, or 0.01 kwh/hr. So if I did the math right, no guarantees there, a single ChatGPT query is roughly equivalent to leaving a light bulb on for 20 minutes.
So if you assume the average light bulb in your house is on a little more than 3 hours a day, if you make 10 ChatGPT queries per day it’s the equivalent of adding a new light bulb to your house.
Which is definitely not nothing. But isn’t the end of the world either.
So I did a little math.
This site says a single ChatGPT query consumes 0.00396 KWh.
Assume an average LED light bulb is 10 watts, or 0.01 kwh/hr. So if I did the math right, no guarantees there, a single ChatGPT query is roughly equivalent to leaving a light bulb on for 20 minutes.
So if you assume the average light bulb in your house is on a little more than 3 hours a day, if you make 10 ChatGPT queries per day it’s the equivalent of adding a new light bulb to your house.
Which is definitely not nothing. But isn’t the end of the world either.
I have a feeling it’s not going to be the ordinary individual user that’s going to drive the usage to problematic levels.
If a company can make money off of it, consuming a ridiculous amount of energy to do it is just another cost on the P & L.
(Assuming of course that the company using it either pays the electric bill, or pays a marked-up fee to some AI/cloud provider)