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Re:The Environmental Case Against Bitcoin by jacobr on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:17AM (#15860239)
> They have offices (that take energy) and employees (that take energy and also have households that take energy).

This is also true for any company handling Bitcoin.

> I'm pretty sure operation of dollar costs much more than operation of Bitcoin.

And if you compare the utility of the two?

It's very worrying that few in the community seems to take this issue seriously.

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Re:The Environmental Case Against Bitcoin by cwkoss on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @07:22PM (#15866446)
Genocide is a very effective way to reduce carbon emissions, but that doesn't mean it is a good or ethical idea.
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