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That's only true if the miners didn't buy the solar panels themselves.
by eloff 5y ago
That's only true if the miners didn't buy the solar panels themselves.
- user-the-name 5y agoThose panels could still be deployed elsewhere and produce power for the grid. Manufacturing them is not environmentally neutral either.
- throwaway405769 5y agoSolar panels are nothing but green virtue signalling. Nuclear can produce enough energy for both securing decentralized money and all customer needs.
- eloff 5y agoI can also argue increased demand for solar panels increases manufacturing and lowers prices over time making solar more competitive. It's not clear that it's a net negative. This has been the effect we saw when Germany started investing so heavily into solar.