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> Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in this new technology Absolutely, completely wrong. Bitcoin is using HALF A PERCENT of the electricity on the ENTIRE PL
by user-the-name 5y ago
> Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in this new technology
Absolutely, completely wrong.
Bitcoin is using HALF A PERCENT of the electricity on the ENTIRE PLANET. That affects every single person living on this planet. It will affect people living here into the future. It is an absolute catastrophe that is hurting everyone. We don't get to "not partake" in that.
Bitcoin is the one single thing that has enabled the ransomware epidemic by making it possible for ransomware to be massively profitable. Critical infrastructure and hospitals get shut down by this. This affects millions of people, putting some at deadly risk. We don't get to "not partake" in that.
And once we get to smaller, less dramatic negative effects of cryptocurrency, the list just goes on and on. We are affected by this. We don't get to opt out.
Ban cryptocurrencies NOW, before they do any more harm to us and our planet. They are worthless and damaging.
- ravenstine 5y agoBy that logic, we're all participating in the remaining 99% of electricity usage. But this isn't even close to being the case. Are northeastern American states being forced to participate in air conditioning because the southwestern states use so much of it? I don't see the reason in that.
- user-the-name 5y agoThey are forced to participate in the consequences. You can't tell someone who is arguing for decreasing excessive use of air conditioning that "well if you don't like it, don't use it".