Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m...
by Koffiepoeder on Saturday November 06, 2021 @05:01AM
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This is kind of a false equivalence [0], the carbon footprint of the getaway cars would be much smaller.
Generally problems are only handled* when they come up. In this case the carbon footprint of crypto is already a problem, so therefore it is now being handled. Getaway car carbon footprint on the other hand is not a problem as of now, so therefore this is not a correct parallel to draw.
* you could argue that we should have foresight, but unfortunately this is very hard to pull of. Most policy making is thus reactive, not proactive.
Generally problems are only handled* when they come up. In this case the carbon footprint of crypto is already a problem, so therefore it is now being handled. Getaway car carbon footprint on the other hand is not a problem as of now, so therefore this is not a correct parallel to draw.
* you could argue that we should have foresight, but unfortunately this is very hard to pull of. Most policy making is thus reactive, not proactive.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence