> A lot of solar is being built because of bitcoin A lot of solar would be built with or without Bitcoin. If the cost to build and operate solar is cheaper tha

> A lot of solar is being built because of bitcoin A lot of solar would be built with or without Bitcoin. If the cost to build and operate solar is cheaper than the cost to operate fossil fuel plants, it will get built regardless of Bitcoin's existence. > they are not taking energy away from other enterprises but adding renewables to the pool Only if you assume that a virtually all of that solar wouldn't have been built without the existence of Bitcoin. > now solar is becoming economically feasible as an alternative to oil for example, that wouldn't have happened so soon without the demand from bitcoin. [citation needed]