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Re:Stripe is kick-starting market for carbon removal by objclxt on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @09:40AM (#29013154)
> A single aluminium smelter consumes more power than the entirety of the Netherlands. It's not a very useful comparison.

This is patently false. The Netherlands has an aluminium smelting plant[1].

Why would you say something so obviously disproven?

[1]:https://aldel.nl

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Re:Stripe is kick-starting market for carbon removal by tata71 on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:00PM (#29016725)
Seemed like hyperbole in order to put forth the point that NL is the size of a German neighborhood.
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Re:Stripe is kick-starting market for carbon removal by saddlerustle on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:54PM (#29017495)
No I got the Netherlands confused with Denmark, which was a comparison from when bitcoin was much smaller.
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