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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by Scarblac on Sunday January 02, 2022 @11:49AM (#29770322)
As long as we have by far not enough green energy, any new energy use adds to the amount of fossil fuel burned.
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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by iso1210 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:34PM (#29771006)
Increased demand leads to higher prices leads to more money into renewable generation
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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by Scarblac on Monday January 03, 2022 @07:46AM (#29780218)
Nice, but more renewables because of higher demand does exactly nothing. What we need is less fossil fuel burning, so less demand.
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