Downes 🍁 on Nostr: npub1msldk…sat46 My Pixel 8 pro holds a battery charge of 5,050-mAh. At 120 volts, ...

npub1msldkqqpr6j87p53wv8mf29zkmcq64w2hm02gw5q5pw3uwxepugqysat46 (npub1msl…at46) My Pixel 8 pro holds a battery charge of 5,050-mAh. At 120 volts, that 606 Watt-hours, or 0.6 kWhrs. Here in Ontario, electricity is $0.087/kWhr off-peak, $0.18/kWhr on peak. So charging my phone costs between 6 and 12 cents. That's really a tiny amount of energy.

The paper authors (citing EPA) use a much less powerful phone and only need 14.46 Watt-hours, or 0.014 kWhrs, so between 1 and 3 cents. Even less energy.

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