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Yes it is. Chinese mines are mostly hydro powered. On iceland is running huge mining operarion on thermals.

• zakk 9y ago
  No, more than half of Chinese energy is produced from coal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China I did some research, and it doesn't seem that the mining farm in Iceland is even comparable to Chinese ones in terms of hashrate. Do you have any source?
  • urza 9y ago
    Many od the mines in china are placed directly near the hydro poweplants.. not becauss any environmental factors but because hydro pw is cheaper for them.
    • zakk 9y ago
      It still seems a quite a stretch to say that "Chinese mines are mostly hydro powered", when the country runs mostly on fossile fuels and the three biggest mining pools (accounting for 46% of total world hashrate) don't seem to be anywhere near a hydro powerplants.