Re:Bitcoin energy use in Iceland set to overtake homes, says...
by bittcto on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @03:52PM
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You're making the zero sum economic fallacy. More demand for solar panels finances more panels growing, increasing economies of scale reducing panel costs, and also, quite literally growing the total capacity of panels available in the world.
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Re:Bitcoin energy use in Iceland set to overtake homes, says...
by danmaz74 on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @04:31PM
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Solar panels already have huge economies of scales and lots of research investment; as a matter of fact, their price has been coming down incredibly fast thanks to those. There is no reason why adding bitcoin there will increase that speed.