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> But that's more electricity than currently exists This is not a variable that will remain constant once it starts becoming profitable to invest in power gene

> But that's more electricity than currently exists This is not a variable that will remain constant once it starts becoming profitable to invest in power generation solely for the purpose of bitcoin mining.

dboreham 8y ago
Ahh... the Dyson Sphere is nigh...
- jacobush 8y ago
  This is why we can’t have nice things.
  - wmf 8y ago
    I don't know; Dyson spheres are pretty damn cool.
    - jacobush 8y ago
      I meant, what’s the point of having them when they’ll be used for bitcoin mining?
rcxdude 8y ago
Does spending >51% of world energy on a finance system not seem excessive?
- Nuzzerino 8y ago
  You may think that it's "just a finance system" but literally everything you touch except dirt and rocks got to where it was because of finance systems.
  - rcxdude 8y ago
    Yeah, but the current finance systems use far less energy. No single aspect of modern society uses that large a share of energy.