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Supporting heating in the winter == supporting global warming Supporting agriculture == supporting global warming Supporting any kind of traveling and interna

• wobblyasp 5y ago
  Heating in the winter prevents people from freezing to death. Agriculture feeds the world. Travel, fair argument. The power demand for a website is a drop in the ocean compared to the power consumption from a rack of GPUs or dedicated mining cards
  • isitdopamine 5y ago
    …and Bitcoin is a revolutionary technology, providing a censorship-resistant money-exchange system. We can discuss if this is worth more or less than <insert some other activity that contributes to global warming> and also discuss the merit of the new technology, but simple dismissing it as “contributing to global warming” is an inane argument.
    • UWillOwnNothing 5y ago
      It’s not even an argument. It’s pure propaganda spouted by oligarchs who have something to lose when humanity wins.
      • aww_dang 5y ago
        BTC opened the door and CBDCs will close it. Climate apocalypse is just a convenient rationale. They've often suggested using carbon credits as a supporting 'asset' for a CBDC system.
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