Not sure if I'm right on this, the asicminer being bid on does 12gh at 86W and the current hash rate is 70265gh so that adds up to just a little under 500kw to run the worlds most powerful security network. That techs development was publicly funded with Bitcoin.
EDIT: 10gh, 12gh is an overclocking estimate so 600kw.
Food for thought. We're not all using asicminer just yet though. And do you think the global hash rate might increase once everyone owns an one ? EDIT: 10gh, 12gh is an overclocking estimate so 600kw.
