Running an nvidia card at full load, would cost me ~100 euro of electricty each month (europe). Of course one wouldn't have usage caps.
Where the internet was a subscription 15 euro subscription to encyclopaedic knowledge, an genAI subscription is renting a researcher/programmer for 100 euro.
These GPUs use about 400W at full tilt (200W each), for reference.
> (europe)
Given the massive difference in electricity price between different european countries, adding "Europe" doesn't bring much context.