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Did you actually read the article? I'll make it easy for you: https://scihubtw.tw/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101281 https://scihubtw.tw/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101281 They make no attempt at trying to predict global weather patterns. Rather the article seems to be mostly "glue" -- connecting energy usage of cryptocurrencies with previously done work trying to measure the externalities of pollution and energy usage. The research that the article builds on gets used all the time in government policy etc. Which doesn't make it correct, but deserves a little more than a knee-jerk reaction and outright dismissal because the method you came up with in thirty seconds doesn't hold up.