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In 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
by lovemenot 5y ago
In 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...