Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in the future

Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by Swenrekcah on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:26AM (#26064087)

Hydro and geothermal aren't without environmental cost. They don't destroy the whole world but can be fairly destructive locally.

If you're going to flood a valley, please make it for something actually worthwile.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by raverbashing on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:59AM (#26064490)

Yes they aren't but compared with the consumption of non-renewable fossil-fuels I'll take the Hydro any day

Depending on the place you pick you might not even need to flood too much

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by emteycz on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:42AM (#26064276)

Nobody is building a dam because of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is what's done when there is egress electricity (which there always is, somewhere).

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by TeMPOraL on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:55AM (#26064444)

Yet. When people fab ASICs for crypto, it's only a step away from building a power plant.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by Swenrekcah on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:24AM (#26064804)

Actually I'm fairly sure it has been done. I personally know of serious plans to do so.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by emteycz on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:54AM (#26065252)

And they're welcome to do so, as long as it's ecological it's not a problem. Geothermals (which the other poster is probably speaking about) are not an issue.

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