Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca...
by emodendroket on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:19AM
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It's not a false dichotomy. The infrastructure does not exist and they can't do both things at once
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Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca...
by deweller on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:46AM
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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.
Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca...
by emodendroket on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:19PM
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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
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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
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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.