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Most of the stores I've worked with leave their LED lights on at night because they want it to be apparent from the street when someone is in there robbing the
by c22 4y ago
Most of the stores I've worked with leave their LED lights on at night because they want it to be apparent from the street when someone is in there robbing the store. They pay for it, so I guess it is their prerogative. Apparently the profit they make from sales is enough to offset this cost.
I think the energy people spend on cryptocurrencies comes from a similar logic. If you want to stop people from externalizing the costs of energy waste you will have to increase the price of energy until the costs are covered, or else we will continue to run at a deficit at the expense of the planet.
On the flip side of this coin, energy expansion has driven all known human (and evolutionary) progress to date, so it's a delicate ecosystem to mess with.
- bayindirh 4y ago> Most of the stores I've worked with leave their LED lights on at night because they want it to be apparent from the street when someone is in there robbing the store. Unless it’s prohibited by law, which is in effect in Germany and France (if I remember correctly). Energy prices are on the rise in every form, at least in Europe, and people feel the pressure profoundly. The problem here is, we don’t have unlimited energy as of now. So, we need to at least use it a bit more carefully until we clear this bottleneck. Cryptocurrencies’ energy waste problem also still needs to be addressed, because if they can do this more efficiently, we can use the energy for more production. However, this doesn’t mean that I believe cryptocurrencies are solving anything. I’m firm on that view.
- taolegal 4y agoBitcoin doesn't stop working with less energy available. The beauty is that difficulty adjustments will work at any level.