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Re:Will the climate crisis force America to reconsider nucle... by treeman79 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @07:59AM (#29174158)
Would hate to think of how much worse crypto would be If power was free.

Mining for materials, waste products, waste heat, noise.

Already have regular extended family complaining about the huge number of noisy shipping containers in their communities. These are middle of nowhere towns.

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Re:Will the climate crisis force America to reconsider nucle... by philwelch on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @11:50AM (#29176892)
See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. People have the intuition that it's somehow inherently virtuous to use less energy, even if it's from clean and sustainable sources.
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