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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by friendlydog on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:45PM (#29899419)
In 2019 the US used 18.27 billion gallons of fuel from airlines. If we limited flights to once a week we would save an amazing amount of fuel and increase flight occupancy, and decrease consumption as people would need to decide if the trip really needed a week layover if they couldn't take care of the problem in a 24 hour period. Much more than crypto consumption unless I am wrong.

Edit:

Commercial aviation makes up 918 million metric tons of carbon.

Bitcoin mining makes up 22 million metric tons.

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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by killingtime74 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @11:51PM (#29902470)
Your example shows the opposite of what you intend. Civil aviation has many positive effects. Bitcoin is questionable in this regard and yet is a non negligible fraction of a massively socially significant activity like flying
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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:25PM (#29901518)
I'm up for doing both!
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