# Carbon footprint of Algorand

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**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/carbon-footprint-of-algorand/2556 "2021-02-09T20:27:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/carbon-footprint-of-algorand/2556/4 "2021-02-11T09:18:19Z")

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Hi, Cusma,

Thanks for the detailed answer.  
Of course, instead of RPI you can count with Intel Xeon processors, etc, with roughly a hundred times as much power consumption. Still, it would give

> **Algorand, 1k nodes**
> 
> Et = 0,0002 [kWh/txn]

which is VERY IMPRESSIVE.

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