pbroy said:
SvennoJ said:
What, the new ps4 consoles generate less energy? Why have I been plugging my ps4 in, it generates its own power, awesome. |
One electron pushes another electron to produce electricity. The use of a certain type of energy can convert into another type. Such as wind into electricity, water into electricity and in this case, electricity into heat. Therefore you need to use energy to create energy. We are also not creating power here through the use of electricity, we are simply dissipating that power used into heat energy. So in the end, the newer designs will create less energy. You still need to get power through electricity to create that energy, by plugging your PS4 in, it's not free.  Electricity is silly like that.
Of course you already knew that and was just trying to be funny, but this was probably the only chance I would have ever had to explain electricity and how it's created. 
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True, but generally waste heat is not regareded as generating energy. But you can indeed use it to for example boil water at sufficiently high altitude. You can't really use it to drive a steam engine as trapping the vapor would raise the boiling point, yet you can make a primitive water still to purify water. Ergo ps4 is an essential survival tool while mountain climbing. Don't forget your extension cord!
