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Re:Bitcoin's electricity use 8 times higher than Google's an... by speedgoose on Sunday January 02, 2022 @04:26PM (#29774110)
Sorry but no, you don't have the freedom to kill people. You must not have the freedom to blatantly destroy the planet for your own little profits.
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Re:Bitcoin's electricity use 8 times higher than Google's an... by csdvrx on Sunday January 02, 2022 @04:41PM (#29774241)
How does this relate (even remotely) to my comment?

Killing is illegal. Buying electricity is legal. Aluminum smoldering and gaming and heating and everything else are equally polluting per kW used.

And FYI I haven't mined for a long time. And if I ever do it again, it would be to preserve my GPU, as the heatshocks between gaming and not gaming might reduce its lifespan, which would cause me to replace it and thus pollute more due to the amount of raw materials used when making electronics products.

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