Do you have a source for this that isn’t an easily-generatable png? I’m having trouble finding it.

Your first sentence, set aside so nobody could miss it, in quotation marks.

That would be one hell of a fridge if it did! But my number was meant as an illustration of how the math works, not necessarily accurate to any specific refrigeration device.

Oh, I see what you’re saying!

That’s not quite how refrigerations works. The energy doesn’t “go into” doing the refrigeration; the energy you’re bringing in from the electrical grid is still in your home.

In other words, if your fridge runs at 200 W, then your home is being heated at 200 W, plus whatever heat is being pulled from the inside of the fridge.

Where are you getting “a few dozen watts”? I see ranges of 300-800 W online.

Not so negligible! If your fridge draws, say, 1500 W while it’s running, then it releases 1500 W of heat into your living space PLUS the heat it’s removing from its interior. That’s pretty substantial while it’s running! But hopefully it’s not running full-tilt 24 hours per day lol

Why would you automatically assume that instead of a valid scientific reason, it’s just that the scientists are comic book villains cackling in their lab and intentionally torturing chickens?

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Gosh darn it, ya got me.

People who want school to be practical scare me.

The point is the advancement of science, not simply the travel itself. Space science is integral to many advances we take for granted these days.