Output per 1 kWh by technology era
Equivalent human labor-hours produced from one unit of energy, shown as a log-scale line by year.
Output per kWh
Log scale is required because the four points span from fractional physical labor-hours to trillions of equivalent computational labor-hours.
Description
This module isolates the per-kWh transformation chart as a power-and-productivity argument.
Methodology
One kWh of input is compared across technology eras using equivalent human labor-hours as a common output unit.
Data
All chart files for this module are local to this research folder.
Sources
- NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU Modern accelerator performance anchor.
- Koomey computing energy-efficiency research Computing efficiency context.
- NIST brain-inspired computing energy discussion Human brain energy comparison context.
- Steam and internal-combustion efficiency literature Industrial-era conversion-efficiency anchors.
Limitations
Equivalent labor-hours are directional and stylized. Log scale is required because values differ by orders of magnitude.