Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
by mehrdadn on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:52PM
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Renewable energy isn't zero carbon. At the very least you gotta produce the energy generating system somehow. Then maintain it.
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Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
by celticninja on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:14AM
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But renewable is all wasted if there is no demand. Hydro power used for bitcoin mining doesn't find a new user immediately if bitcoin stops and the power can't be stored long term so it can be wasted.
Hydro is the one type of renewable with built-in long-term storage.
Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
by celticninja on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:39PM
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I think you misunderstand. Once the power is generated it can't be stored for long. And I understand your point but you can't hold water in a reservoir/dam indefinitely, at some point you either use it to generate power or you let it flow through without generating power because otherwise the dam overflows.