This may surprise you: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/why-bitcoin-mining-is-being-touted-as-a-solution-to-gas-flaring https://www.bloomberg

This may surprise you: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/why-bitcoin-mining-is-being-touted-as-a-solution-to-gas-flaring https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/why-bitco... Rather than venting greenhouse gases produced from the oil and gas mining process, they use it to mine Bitcoin. Sure this results in some CO2, but that's a lot better than venting straight methane.