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FIAT is backed by the military. The countless wars to maintain hegemony are surely very environmentally destructive. Has anyone done a comparison study between
by rorykoehler 6y ago
FIAT is backed by the military. The countless wars to maintain hegemony are surely very environmentally destructive. Has anyone done a comparison study between the US dollar and Bitcoin from this environmental perspective?
Edit: I looked it up on Wikipedia and found this:
>In FY 2006, the DoD used almost 30,000 gigawatt hours (GWH) of electricity, at a cost of almost $2.2 billion. The DoD's electricity use would supply enough electricity to power more than 2.3 million average American homes. In electricity consumption, if it were a country, the DoD would rank 58th in the world, using slightly less than Denmark and slightly more than Syria (CIA World Factbook, 2006).[1] The Department of Defense uses 4,600,000,000 US gallons (1.7×1010 L) of fuel annually, an average of 12,600,000 US gallons (48,000,000 L) of fuel per day. A large Army division may use about 6,000 US gallons (23,000 L) per day. According to the 2005 CIA World Factbook, if it were a country, the DoD would rank 34th in the world in average daily oil use, coming in just behind Iraq and just ahead of Sweden.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_States_military https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_S...