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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by colinmhayes on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:15PM (#29898921)
> I pay for all my energy to be renewable.

That's not how it works. It just means that instead of everyone using 10% renewable energy you use 100% and 9 other people use 0%.

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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by xvector on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:29PM (#29900577)
It means that I am effectively purchasing carbon credits to offset my carbon emissions. I and my Bitcoin mining rig have a net zero impact.
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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by colinmhayes on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:55PM (#29900857)
Buying renewable energy isn't the same as purchasing carbon credits. Since energy is fungible there's no way to say your demand for renewable energy actually mattered if others are agnostic in their demand for renewable versus non renewable energy. When we use more energy it's not renewables that are picking up the slack, the fossil fuel plants burn more.
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