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That depends under what conditions the energy is used. In a place where you need extra energy for cooling yes. In my home no. I live in a cold place, so I need heating the bigger part of the year. And I heat using electricity (which might be stupid, but that's the house was built 30 years ago). So whatever energy my computer wastes, I save it in my heating bill. Computer energy is free, except during some warm summer weeks.



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