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I am kinda surprised it's not higher, just because solar and wind energy is so cheap now I assumed it would be attractive. That said, even if it was run with r
by sp332 6y ago
I am kinda surprised it's not higher, just because solar and wind energy is so cheap now I assumed it would be attractive.
That said, even if it was run with renewable energy, at this point in time it would still contribute to emissions indirectly. That power could have been used to displace fossil fuel usage, so diverting it to bitcoin hashing causes a net emissions increase for... very little benefit.
- packetlost 6y agoNot to mention the eWaste created by all the useless ASICs, burned out graphics cards, and wonky otherwise-useless motherboards.