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I know, nobody really cares about facts in these Crypto flame wars, any more: It's libertarian economic liberation against greed and ecological destruction, rig
by G3rn0ti 6y ago
I know, nobody really cares about facts in these Crypto flame wars, any more: It's libertarian economic liberation against greed and ecological destruction, right vs. left, democratic versus republican, the usual polarization these days. However, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
If anybody's interested, here is a fair analysis of Bitcoin's carbon foot print (2019), I found recently: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435119302557 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S254243511...
TL;DR: While there is this "energy consumption of Argentina" number in circulation implying Bitcoin's carbon emissions equates that of a whole developed country, in reality this number is closer to that of Kansas City.