Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge

Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by AlexCoventry on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:26PM (#27197046)

> stop burning coal, oil and gas. USA and EU could do that within a few years.

Is there a concrete plan for how this would work documented somewhere? The ways I can think of doing this in the USA are all politically nonviable.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by throwaway744678 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:49PM (#27197449)

Electricity produced in France by coal + gas + oil is around 8% (vs. 70% nuclear, 10% hydro, the rest is wind + solar + bio-energy). It took more than "a few years" to build, though.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:33PM (#27197152)

"politically nonviable"

Which makes it a self-inflicted injury. Like corruotion in Russia - it can't be adressed by anyone else.

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