My solar-powered and self-hosted website

This is cool, but I mean... come on. This guy lives in a $2M apt in a big city.

The amount of energy being "saved" yearly is wasted almost every second.

How does it help the discourse to bring this up? Would you like it if someone inserted this kind of (irrelevant) and unsubstantiated information when commenting on an article you wrote?

I can't speak for his specific apartment, but apartments in general are more energy efficient that a suburban house. New York City is one of the lowest per capita CO2 emissions in the US.

I can believe it either way, but some of that is because carbon-intensive industry will be based out of the city and its products imported in.

I doubt there’s a cement kiln, cattle farm or oil refinery within city limits.

These figures are generally based on consumption rather than production for that reason. It’s not helpful to credit emissions to the people who largely aren’t driving the output.

City living brings efficiencies from operating at scale - fewer miles by car, block of apartments instead of single family homes.

The author clearly explains in the post:

> When I started this solar-powered website project, I wasn't trying to revolutionize sustainable computing or drastically cut my electricity bill. I was driven by curiosity, a desire to have fun, and a hope that my journey might inspire others to explore local-first or solar-powered hosting.

> The cost savings? Looking at our last electricity bill, we pay an average of $0.325 per kWh in Boston. This means the savings amount to $2.85 USD per year (8.76 kWh * $0.325/kWh = $2.85). Not exactly something to write home about.

Will the hardware last long enough to recoup the cost? Probably not.