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So then it's ok to not only continue ignoring it as the evidence mounts, but to actually accelerate it? No. No, it's not. It doesn't matter how many fools do s
by MrMcCall 2y ago
So then it's ok to not only continue ignoring it as the evidence mounts, but to actually accelerate it?
No. No, it's not. It doesn't matter how many fools do something, they're still fools. The root word of ignorance is "to ignore".
- danparsonson 2y agoYou said "Note that this all started with all that digital coin-mining" But it didn't. That's what I'm saying.
- MrMcCall 2y agoThey weren't using modern GPUs and muiltiprocessor machines to cook the Earth, which has been happening on a large scale since the turn of this century. That's what I was and still am saying.
- danparsonson 2y agoNo, we were burning coal and cutting down trees. I'm not saying that what we're doing now is fine, if anything I'm agreeing with you but pointing out that profit-driven environmental destruction has been happening since way before the invention of cryptocurrency.
- FrustratedMonky 2y ago"profit-driven environmental destruction has been happening since way before the invention of cryptocurrency" Yes. People forget that every tree on the east coast was cut down. Every forest you see today on the east coast was re-grown, new. It was all clear cut for progress during expansion. I think it was mostly for 'potash' by burning it.