Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated
by ckastner on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:19PM
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> The cruise industry uses over double the emissions of the bitcoin protocol
Not to defend the cruise lines, but that quote appears bogus. The tweet you cite refers to a "carbon footprint", in response to a quote about particulate emissions (using sulfur dioxide as an example).
This [1] puts total cruise line CO2 emissions in 2017 (first source I picked, but I imagine the number won't have changed much) at 21K tons, whereas a recent Reuters article [2] put Bitcoin at 22,000K tons of CO2.
If the above data is correct, then Bitcoin is responsible for more than 1000x as many CO2 emissions as cruise ships.
Not to defend the cruise lines, but that quote appears bogus. The tweet you cite refers to a "carbon footprint", in response to a quote about particulate emissions (using sulfur dioxide as an example).
This [1] puts total cruise line CO2 emissions in 2017 (first source I picked, but I imagine the number won't have changed much) at 21K tons, whereas a recent Reuters article [2] put Bitcoin at 22,000K tons of CO2.
If the above data is correct, then Bitcoin is responsible for more than 1000x as many CO2 emissions as cruise ships.
[1] https://www.tourismdashboard.org/explore-the-data/cruise-shi...
[2] https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-big-is-bitcoins-carbo...