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Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by deweller on Friday June 11, 2021 @07:48AM (#27472027)
This is a false dichotomy.

They can subsidize the startup costs for harvesting geothermal energy from Bitcoin mining and then use the geothermal infrastructure to produce electricity for the country.

Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by emodendroket on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:19AM (#27474541)
It's not a false dichotomy. The infrastructure does not exist and they can't do both things at once
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by deweller on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:46AM (#27474859)
A false dichotomy is when one argues that only option A or option B are available when in fact options C, D, and E also exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by emodendroket on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:19PM (#27475250)
I know what a false dichotomy is. I'm rejecting the claim that we're dealing with one.
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by narrator on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:09PM (#27475131)
They can put the Bitcoin mine out in the middle of nowhere next to the volcano. Building a transmission and distribution infrastructure to the rest of the country can be funded by the Bitcoin mine.
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by bthazos on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:57PM (#27476495)
They tried this in Italy 2000+ years ago. A wealthy city will spawn from the mine, but since bitcoin doesn't appease the gods like physical gold does, the city will be buried in ash.
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by vidarh on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:58PM (#27475756)
How does the infrastructure not exist given geothermal currently provides a quarter of their electricity?
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by ipaddr on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:29PM (#27475355)
The parent said with profits they can fund plus some work will need to be made to mine bitcoin possible and those road/building can be repurposed.
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by lucb1e on Friday June 11, 2021 @07:49AM (#27472034)
That sounds great. Let's hope that actually happens and hope that the geothermal equipment lasts longer than Bitcoin demand lasts. Perhaps, though, if that is actually the plan, they could say as much?