BTC mining on GPUs uses a ton of power, like quadruple-the-monthly-power-bill-in-your-apartment kind of power. If you're willing to pay the energy company and bring more harm to the environment for something, I don't feel like you're really thinking about the true cost. I'd rather just pay up-front on simple terms.
The monthly power bill in my apartment is consistently $7 / month. If it went up by a factor of 5, I'd never notice; a while ago I got fed up and paid several months in advance because it seemed so ridiculous to have a $7 bill every month.
What's a typical power bill like, and what's going on with mine?
(my power uses - lights, fridge, and one to two old computers in a 400 sq. ft. apartment in downtown SF)
I live in a 4 bedroom house in Hawaii. My power bill is usually around $200. We don't have A/C or anything other than your typical household appliances. Hot water heater gets a solar credit applied to it. Then again our price/kWh is $0.35 which is significantly higher than the rest of the country.
Sometimes if the meter is not accessible by an electricity company they'll just use an 'estimated' reading from past bills. Could be your lucky enough to be stuck with some very low past estimated reading.
I do not have A/C, heat, a microwave, or a dryer (I'm not even allowed to install a washing machine...). I get hot water, but I imagine there's a central source of that for the whole building.
