Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone
(www.technologyreview.com)
This is outdated in a big way with stable diffusion turbo and the recent LCM models that can render images at 30fps on a 3090.
360w * 1s /60 seconds a minute / 60 minutes an hour = .1 wh/image
30 images a second? .033 wh
A phone battery is 3000 mah * 3.5volts = 10.5 wh
318 images per phone charge
My math is probably off, but you get the idea.