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There’s a matter of degree. The water plant is using electricity to hoist the water, so it’s strictly worse to use the water as a source than to use electricity
by ironmagma 6y ago
There’s a matter of degree. The water plant is using electricity to hoist the water, so it’s strictly worse to use the water as a source than to use electricity directly. Add to that that we as a species are running out of drinkable water (there’s a good documentary about this on Netflix) and you have an inarguably unethical activity.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoOh no question. It was the idea of 'bitcoin' I find appalling.
- giantg2 6y agoI think it's unethical to use shared resources for personal gain. If you are using substantially more "free" water to make money, that seems to be an abuse of the system and you are making money at the tax payer expense. Using drinkable water for other activities may not be a "an inarguably unethical activity" by itself. There are areas where water scarcity is not an issue and there may not be any demand for export from those areas.