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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by Barrin92 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:31PM (#29900594)
it's a complete non-argument you can use it to justify literally anything. Dropping atomic bombs on Japan, hey construction boom! Covid-19, pharma industry innovation! Do you turn the heater on and leave the fridge open to accelerate humanity's fight against climate change? No.

We have about a few thousand pressing issues that spur us on to push for renewables as it is, we don't need to waste energy on purpose.

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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by teawrecks on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:26PM (#29901138)
> We have about a few thousand pressing issues that spur us on to push for renewables as it is, we don't need to waste energy on purpose.

Crypto mining is one of those issues, we don't have a choice. Your argument reduces to "if we had no issues pushing us, we would have enough issues pushing us" which is a contradiction.

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