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*Strong Bad claims that his monthly power bill is $70,000. Assuming that he pays the US national average price of [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html 9.86¢/kWh], that would mean that he uses approximately 710 MWh/month ([[Wikipedia:megawatt hours|megawatt hours]] per month). Since an average US household uses [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/reps/enduse/er01_us.html 888 kWh/month], he uses enough power for about 800 of them. Assuming the Lappy consumes most of this power, and he leaves it on 16 hours a day, this would mean the Lappy draws about 1450 kW (or about 950 kW if he leaves it on 24/7). The most powerful power supplies for real PCs only draw 2 kW. (Real computers that use more than that are always on multiple rack-mounted motherboards.) | *Strong Bad claims that his monthly power bill is $70,000. Assuming that he pays the US national average price of [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html 9.86¢/kWh], that would mean that he uses approximately 710 MWh/month ([[Wikipedia:megawatt hours|megawatt hours]] per month). Since an average US household uses [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/reps/enduse/er01_us.html 888 kWh/month], he uses enough power for about 800 of them. Assuming the Lappy consumes most of this power, and he leaves it on 16 hours a day, this would mean the Lappy draws about 1450 kW (or about 950 kW if he leaves it on 24/7). The most powerful power supplies for real PCs only draw 2 kW. (Real computers that use more than that are always on multiple rack-mounted motherboards.) | ||
- | **Strong Sad claims that Strong Bad's bill uses eight trees' worth of paper. Assuming a tree can produce [http://www.howstuffworks.com/question16.htm 80,500] sheets of paper, this would be about 644,000 sheets of paper. This means that each page of the bill averages out to be approximately | + | **Strong Sad claims that Strong Bad's bill uses eight trees' worth of paper. Assuming a tree can produce [http://www.howstuffworks.com/question16.htm 80,500] sheets of paper, this would be about 644,000 sheets of paper. This means that each page of the bill averages out to be approximately 11¢. |
**In addition, if a standard bill would cost about $87.56/month<!-- $0.0986/kWh x 888 kWh/month -->, there should be no more than 800 bills. Assuming each bill is distributed by a different power company, if a total of four sheets are included, the maximum paper that should be used is produced by just under one tree every two years. | **In addition, if a standard bill would cost about $87.56/month<!-- $0.0986/kWh x 888 kWh/month -->, there should be no more than 800 bills. Assuming each bill is distributed by a different power company, if a total of four sheets are included, the maximum paper that should be used is produced by just under one tree every two years. | ||
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#gamma force|gamma force]]". | *The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#gamma force|gamma force]]". |