> When you put it all together, that’s a projection of 135.12 TWh in the year, or about as much power as is used annually by the country of Sweden I don't doub

> When you put it all together, that’s a projection of 135.12 TWh in the year, or about as much power as is used annually by the country of Sweden I don't doubt that bitcoin miners use a lot of energy, but I hesitate to trust a source that doesn't know the difference between power and energy. Also, they're lying about the energy consumption of Sweden, which actually uses 645.7 TW/yr as of 2012 [0]. They number they quote is actually the electricity consumption of Sweden [1], which is like 5x lower. [0]: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=energy+consumption+of+sweden+in+TWh+per+year https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=energy+consumption+of+... [1]: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=energy+consumption+of+sweden+in+TWh+per+year&assumption=%7B%22DPClash%22%2C+%22EnergyResourcePropertyP%22%2C+%22energy%22%7D+-%3E+%7B%22ElectricityTotal%22%7D https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=energy+consumption+of+...