> And if you live in a cold country, you have to heat up the house six months per year, TDP is just heating with a computing side effect.
Except it is still direct electrical heating which is atrociously inefficient.
Except it is still direct electrical heating which is atrociously inefficient.
Electric heating converts practically all energy into heat, making it ~100% efficient. You can make statements about cost-effectiveness compared to burning things, but not all houses can.
CHP configurations are more common in colder climates with district heating, so their "waste" heat during generation often isn't wasted at all.
No, not even close. There are huge losses in electricity production and transmission.
In bigger houses direct electricity just isn't a thing, most have some sort of central heating, and lots have either some combustion or heat pump solution. The latter is gaining.