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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.