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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by rebuilder on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:34PM (#15760355)
Does it matter, really? If Bitcoin mining wasn't run on chinese hydro power, some other industry could use that power but now instead uses a more polluting option.
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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by StavrosK on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:53PM (#15760520)
Good point, so Bitcoin is actually killing no people, and we need to stop that other industry asap.
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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by imtringued on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:24AM (#15763912)
The excess electricity could be used to burn less coal.
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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by StavrosK on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:56AM (#15764279)
Sure, but we could also game less to burn less coal. I hardly think Bitcoin is the most useless thing we do with energy.
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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by akvadrako on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:28AM (#15764163)
That probably isn't true, which is why that power is so cheap.
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