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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by LeftTriangle on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:41AM (#27196159)
You people obsessed with reducing humanity’s energy usage are so tiresome. Anyone who actually cares about the well-being of humanity should be focused on increasing the amount of energy available. I want to climb the kardashev scale, not live in an eco-pod and eat bug burgers so I can scrounge every last joule.
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by hunter2_ on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:50AM (#27196314)
We all want luxury, but at some point the changes that come from energy usage will be very unluxurious, no?
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by LeftTriangle on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:58PM (#27197575)
Yeah, maybe when we’ve exhausted the sun’s net output.
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by tastyfreeze on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:00PM (#27197611)
Bingo! The more energy a system has available the greater capability it has. For example, if a mining community is able to generate cheap excess power it opens up possibility for local smelting and foundry industries.

I think of each community as a game of Civilization. As you progress you unlock higher rungs of the tech ladder. Exporting your raw materials to later import finished products made from them is a waste of resources and stagnates the local industries at the raw material stage.

What industries could be developed in your community if the power was available?

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by Graffur on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:23PM (#27197972)
Who is working on this problem today?
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by cwkoss on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:47PM (#27199240)
Arguably, all of the Bitcoin miners.

Bitcoin mining creates a price floor for energy. It is a buyer of last resort with infinite appetite. By pushing up the value of energy in the market, it encourages expansion of energy production.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by ohgodplsno on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:50AM (#27196308)
What you want and the realities of our current world are two very, very different things.
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by nmfisher on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:59AM (#27196478)
The reality of the current world is that a lot of people feel exactly like that, so you're unlikely to convince them to change their behaviour.

Rather than deny that reality, you're better off working with it to produce more, but cleaner, energy.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by rwcarlsen on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:07PM (#27196643)
Necessity is the mother of invention.

[edit] - downvotes because I used the word "mother" maybe? I don't understand this community.

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