Quote from: scooter on September 15, 2013, 10:49:46 PM

Quote from: trasla on September 15, 2013, 07:37:03 PM

My suggestion: quit running that card.
My question: how much more do you pay on energy compared to your BTC reward?

Nothing wrong with using a utility as a currency exchange.
The higher cost is just the premium the utility is charging you to convert one currency to another.

Interesting. I try to present a similar concept when I get asked about operating expenses (hardware, power bill, etc.) versus BTC mined. For example: if mining one BTC ends up yielding a negative bottom line of -$100 (technically a loss) after all the operating expenses are applied, it can be argued that it is akin to buying one BTC at $100. Therefore, based on the current BTC-USD average exchange rate of $138, it would then be an excellent buy. It's all relative.