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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by tippytippytango on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:27PM (#26092929)
The people making the transactions pay for that energy. At 10 cents a kWh that's $16.5 , right in line with the current transaction price. Some people are getting enough value from the transaction to purchase that volume of energy. Who are we to tell them how to use the energy they purchase?
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by Symbiote on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:46PM (#26093144)
> Who are we to tell them how to use the energy they purchase?

Personally, I also criticize people who use private jets, drive large cars, air-condition/heat a building excessively, and so on.

Since I end up breathing the pollution they cause (and all the other effects), I feel I have a right to complain about it.

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