> I just can't take the power and pollution argument seriously. There's just nothing salient about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26097332 https://ne

> I just can't take the power and pollution argument seriously. There's just nothing salient about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26097332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26097332 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26335888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26335888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351959 TL;DR: Bullshit. > The answer is renewable energy. You're talking as if the crowding out effect didn't exist: Even if we had a lot more renewable energy than we do, every kWh used for crypto-"currencies" is a kWh that can't be used for something else