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For context: pollution from bitcoin production is equivalent to 4 782 608 passenger cars.
by antattack 6y ago
For context: pollution from bitcoin production is equivalent to 4 782 608 passenger cars.
- Kelamir 6y agoI don't find it credible, because your statement is likely assuming that no energy used to produce bitcoin is "clean", like solar. I might be misunderstanding though. Could you provide additional information?
- antattack 6y agoFrom the article: bitcoin production emits 20 million metric tons of CO2. Average car emits 4.6 metric tons of CO2. It matters little if some of the electricity came from green sources because the energy not consumed by bitcoin production could have been used elsewhere. I have yet to hear about bitcoin production that consumes electricity that would otherwise been gone to waste. For example, using one's nVidia GPUs to heat your house does not count because using electricity for resistive heating is wasteful.