Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate research

Re:Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate r... by cvsh on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:07PM (#15267690)

>On the contrary, mining does create value, by creating a demand for computing power therefore financing the development of more advanced lithography

This is like saying hurricanes create value because they create demand for construction

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Re:Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate r... by danblick on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:33PM (#15267764)

Or Frederic Bastiat's "Candlemaker's Petition", which was a satirical request that officials block out the sun in order "to encourage industry and stimulate employment".

http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html

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Re:Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate r... by rwallace on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:14PM (#15267716)

This is an "apart from that, Mrs Lincoln" - there is no analogy, because you're leaving out the destruction caused by hurricanes, which is their overwhelmingly most important result.

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