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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by ognarb on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:46PM (#25815320)
Since the time where most of the Bitcoin "farm" are in Mongolia using electricity from coal energy plants.
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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by tadzik_ on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:53PM (#25815425)
None of the farms analyzed in the article are in Mongolia: https://github.com/Camilo-Mora/Bitcoin/blob/master/Katie_Tab...
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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by Acrobatic_Road on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:58PM (#25815492)
they are mostly in western chinese provinces like yunnan and sichuan where hydroelectric power is common. Miners in (inner) mongolia are using geothermal.
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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by nmlnn on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:52PM (#25815410)
*Citation Needed
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