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I guess you have made a wrong conclusion: coal dominance in total does not conclude to coal dominance for mining. Because mining factories are very sensitive ab

I guess you have made a wrong conclusion: coal dominance in total does not conclude to coal dominance for mining. Because mining factories are very sensitive about the energy price, they are mostly built near locations where energy is cheap enough and will be wasted if not consumed locally by the mining or transmitted to other places in time.

formerly_proven 6y ago
People keep saying this yet https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/22/iran-crypto-miners-cry-foul-over-electricity-backlash https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/22/iran-crypto-mine... 98 % of the electricity in Iran is generated from burning either gas or oil. https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/IRN https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/IRN