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Any idea which countries they will be going to? It would be great if for example Iceland which can produce surplus base-load renewable power without significan
by lovemenot 5y ago
Any idea which countries they will be going to?
It would be great if for example Iceland which can produce surplus base-load renewable power without significant impact to its population.
- celticninja 5y agoKazakhstan has been mentioned due to proximity I believe and also Texas, there has been a lot of interest in using the natural gas flares from oil wells to run them as this is currently a waste product.
- baybal2 5y agoKazakhstan has 1% tax rate for "datacentre services" and extremely subsidised electricity on top of 90% of it coming from co-generation plants. Not for long https://kursiv.kz/en/news/rynki/2021-05/kazakhstan-plans-cancel-tax-free-regime-miners-and-data-centers https://kursiv.kz/en/news/rynki/2021-05/kazakhstan-plans-can...
- lovemenot 5y agoIn my limited understanding those flares are necessary to preserve the safety of workers and equipment on site. If they were able to provide useful power, they would already be doing so.
- celticninja 5y agoYou can put the miners in a portable data centre and place them on site, what you can't do is transport the natural gas any significant distance to use it for power generation. 'If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain' https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/oil-drillers-bitcoin-miners-bond-over-natural-gas-2021-05-21/ https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/oil-dr... https://oilmanmagazine.com/how-and-why-natural-gas-flaring-is-being-used-to-mine-bitcoin/ https://oilmanmagazine.com/how-and-why-natural-gas-flaring-i...
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