Re:SolarBatteryBitcoin
by bottled_poe on Thursday April 22, 2021 @10:01AM
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I don’t mean to direct this at you individually (the sentiment is throughout these threads) - I can’t help but despair when a community of engineers lack the ability to come up with creative solutions for using surplus energy. There is always a better use of those energy sources than Bitcoin mining. Some ideas: Extracting co2 from air, electrolysis, desalination, etc.
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Re:SolarBatteryBitcoin
by thinkmassive on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:00PM
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As an engineer I find both ideas very innovative.
Nobody is desalinating their own water at home using waste heat. Oil wells are often located in an area where it would make no sense to transport a bunch of water to desalinate (perhaps that's a good idea for sea-based wells though).
I don't know enough about co2 extraction or electrolysis, only that those also don't sound like things people are likely to do at home.