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> Committing climate arson so that you can get rich speculating on cryptocurrency That's such a hyperbolic and frankly disingenuous way of putting it. Any hum
by glerk 4y ago
> Committing climate arson so that you can get rich speculating on cryptocurrency
That's such a hyperbolic and frankly disingenuous way of putting it.
Any human activity consumes energy to an extent. You are calling it "climate arson" because you personally don't like it, so it is a waste to you. What else should "society" ban because someone thinks it is not useful and harming the environment? Gaming PCs? Meat? Cars?
- shrimp_emoji 4y agoNB: Gaming PCs consume a tiny fraction of the energy of crypto, meat (especially beef), or cars. (I feel compelled to defend my lifestyle from the eco-chopping block.)
- seoaeu 4y agoNo, what's disingenuous is neglecting to consider how much energy is used by different activities. The average American's gaming, meat consuption, driving, and all other activities combined emit as much CO2 as only about a dozen Bitcoin transactions [0][1]. So yes, I'm going to go on considering cryptocurrency usage to be climate arson [0]: https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/ https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/ [1]: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/carbon-co2-emissions https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/carb...