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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by Animats on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:15PM (#26094917)
It's not as if America would suddenly stop providing military support to Saudi Arabia if we suddenly switched to bitcoin.

No, but now that the US is a net petroleum exporter, puling the plug on the whole Middle East is a real possibility.

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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by arcticbull on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:26PM (#26096712)
Not all oil is the same. There's a reason that while Canada is massively a net exporter of oil (especially to the United States), boats from the Middle East show up on the regular. Common misconception. [1]

[1] https://www.aboutpipelines.com/en/blog/why-does-canada-impor...

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