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Also having to produce more solar panels and wind turbines to run miners is not good for the environment either.
by baroffoos 7y ago
Also having to produce more solar panels and wind turbines to run miners is not good for the environment either.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoIt can - if it helps with the economies of scale, and makes us "get off" fossil fuels earlier.
- baroffoos 7y agoNormal usage has already done this. New renewable energy sources are cheaper than new fossil fuel sources. Fossil fuels exist mainly today because they have already been set up but mostly for political reasons. Many political parties have built their personal brand around fossil fuels and will continue to use them even when it is illogical.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoNot if you consider the intermittency/storage issues. (And guess what - intermittency isn't a big deal for cryptomining / SETI/Folding@Home either!)