Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m...
by karamanolev on Saturday November 06, 2021 @04:47AM
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How about the people win against the evil banks and governments ... and then proceeds to drown in the rising oceans, burn in increased wildfires, freeze in extremely cold weather (including all the gas and coal power plants used to mine BTC, see recent Texas events).
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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m...
by amjnsx on Saturday November 06, 2021 @05:06AM
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We could ban bitcoin and still drown in rising oceans. 100 companies contribute to 70% of Earth’s pollution. Why aren’t we banning them?
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10...
Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m...
by karamanolev on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:32PM
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Classic whataboutism. Don't.
The fact that we aren't banning some things that we should (if we have an alternative) doesn't mean we shouldn't ban anything. To be clear, I'm all for banning climate change activities that we have an alternative for. Also for accelerating research into things for which we don't. Bitcoin can be regulated in order to limit the climate change effects, right now it's a huge tulip mania.