> Do you feel the same way about causes of death? Yes? Polluting power plants kill many more people than the whole bitcoin mining operation. > Also, other con

> Do you feel the same way about causes of death? Yes? Polluting power plants kill many more people than the whole bitcoin mining operation. > Also, other consumers like cement, fossil fuel production, and plastics HAVE been focused on. Bitcoin is new and only recently popular so we don't know much about it and it's true cost. Okay, we agree on something here. I fully support assessing Bitcoin mining and operation costs and comparing those costs to other consumer classes to get perspective. When we do this, it is easy to see bitcoin mining is a non-issue climate-wise (for now). The main issue is pollution done by Big Polluters such as naval transport and coal/gas power plants. These bogus calls for regulation/shutdowns of minor electricity consumers just spoil the climate discussion, distract us from the real polluters.