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Oh boy, someone on the Internet wants me to calm down because I point out that they are making a lazy point. Sheesh, tough crowd! Whether you realize it or not
by SwimSwimHungry 5y ago
Oh boy, someone on the Internet wants me to calm down because I point out that they are making a lazy point. Sheesh, tough crowd!
Whether you realize it or not, you can want to not burn fossil fuels, but if there's a profit to be made doing it, believe me, enough miners will bend their morality to make a profit. You act like everyone involved in this experiment has pure intentions. I'd argue that's untrue.
- jude- 5y agoYou'd be a lot more convincing if you weren't in the throes of a hissyfit over something that's 0.5% of the US's total CO2 output in 2019. It's not great, but it's far from the worst problem. Like, bad building insulation in 2016 is responsible for _3x_ the CO2 emissions of Bitcoin _today_. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26829795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26829795.
- SwimSwimHungry 5y agoBut Bitcoin is only going to continue to grow exponentially and the CO2 emissions by it will easily outpace building insulation problems. And how is making points to the contrary of yours copping a hissie-fit? I'm just having a disagreement. Not everyone shares your world view.