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Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by whowouldathunk on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:56PM (#16018796)
The cost of electricity is artificially low because it doesn't include the cost of the associated pollution.
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Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by baddox on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @08:06PM (#16019501)
Probably so, but that doesn’t affect Bitcoin mining any more than any other usage of electricity.
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