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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by rossjudson on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:10PM (#25815618)
I can't find a single factual statement in Stephen's tweet thread I disagree with. Your use of subjective pejoratives rather than specifics seems to imply that you are the same position.
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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by mlthoughts2018 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @06:59PM (#25816593)
Your response is deeply unreasonable. Here’s a quote from Stephen’s thread,

> “ Unlike other economic activities, the bitcoin scheme produces absolutely nothing for all this waste. It is a pure speculative activity of people gambling on the random movements of prices and the only output is simply shuffling numbers around in a computer at insane cost.”

That is nothing but complete grandstanding decoupled from reality. It deserves to be criticized with pejorative language because Stephen’s comments are so wildly extreme, inflammatory, and totally disconnected from facts or reality. It meets the literal definition of a rambling screed and needs to be called out as such.

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