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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
Re: In-car mining rig - bad idea right?
by
Cheshyr
on 24/01/2014, 19:06:47 UTC
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= When enough excess power is available the rig is powered on and you mine for free.... In your car!

LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS = there is no free power!

You will be burning more gas/petrol to power it.
Unless that power is already being generated by your alternator and wasted.

This is a fallacy. A car with it's air conditioning on consumes more fuel than one with it off.
I thought that was because engaging the air conditioning compressor adds a load to the belt system that was not there with the compressor off.  Likewise, I thought the alternator was always engaged, to provide system power and keep the battery charged.  Perhaps I'm mistaken.