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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by craftinator on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:58PM (#27197579)
> The desire for energy is near limitless - PoW simply bends the curve upward. As the price of BTC increases, the drive for less costly energy slackens off.

Shameless hijacking here: at what point will the heat consumption/release rate be so great that the Earth becomes unable to support life? I've seen some back of the napkin calculations that estimate a couple hundred years, at our current acceleration.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by Qworg on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:43PM (#27198302)
IIRC (it has been a few years), we only need a few degrees to reach a tipping point. The decay of methane hydrates could push out 1000 GT CO2 equivalent suddenly, accelerating warming by roughly ~40-50 years.
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