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Mining is definitely renewable UNfriendly. Hardware is too expensive to turn it down at night, or when winds are weak. It's 24/7 constant demand, the worst poss
by nootropicat 5y ago
Mining is definitely renewable UNfriendly. Hardware is too expensive to turn it down at night, or when winds are weak. It's 24/7 constant demand, the worst possible for solar/wind.
It's indeed location independent, but that's more compatible with previously uneconomical fossil fuels (eg. methane in locations where transferring it out isn't economical).
- btoiled 5y agoNo, it will spur renewable development: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/green-energy-sustainable-future-bitcoin-232841036.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/green-energy-sustainable-futu...