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Re:Exxon Is Mining Bitcoin with Excess Gas by WheelsAtLarge on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:28PM (#30795554)
It's a good way to use wasted gas. But I wish there was a better use for the burn.

Anyone know of any practical basic materials that require energy but can be created in a relatively small area?

I can foresee a mini factory that can be dropped close to a leaking well. It would use the gas to create the material instead of bitcoin. Same process different product...

Re:Exxon Is Mining Bitcoin with Excess Gas by trinovantes on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:35PM (#30796266)
Hydrolysis, carbon capture, folding genes etc...

Just not very profitable compared to Bitcoins

Re:Exxon Is Mining Bitcoin with Excess Gas by bjelkeman-again on Friday March 25, 2022 @02:51AM (#30799326)
True to their history, profit over planet.
Re:Exxon Is Mining Bitcoin with Excess Gas by verdverm on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:43PM (#30795678)
Store it in a battery?
Re:Exxon Is Mining Bitcoin with Excess Gas by rapjr9 on Friday March 25, 2022 @04:05AM (#30799666)
fertilizer. Hydrogen.