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Except that the resources here are finite, and using them has side effects. Gosh this is ridiculous, why do I even have to explain it. If someone starts wastin
by anyfoo 9y ago
Except that the resources here are finite, and using them has side effects.
Gosh this is ridiculous, why do I even have to explain it. If someone starts wasting fire extinguishers by emptying them out a window, do you proclaim that "if one thinks that the fire extinguisher can be put to a better use, they can start using them for that better purpose next door"?
- prostoalex 9y agoWhere do they get the money to buy new extinguishers?
- anyfoo 9y agoDepends on who buys them. The point, to completely overdraw the analogy, is: Fire extinguishers are finite, and using them damages everybody's house. So wasting them excessively on pointless activities might not be the smartest thing to do, even if you just waste your own money on them.
- jakupovic 9y agoYou still don't get that if that electricity had a better/profitable use it would be used for such a purpose rather than Bitcoin mining.
- aaron695 9y ago> Gosh this is ridiculous, why do I even have to explain it. Because statements like you made are simply not true at all and are quite ridiculous. Fossil fuels are pretty much unlimited, this is widely known and a pretty simple fact to grasp. And even if we go to the childish extreme of when they will run out in thousands of years I'm pretty sure nuclear or solar will be working ok. > Except that the resources here are finite