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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by landemva on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:33PM (#32860408)
Ok, fungible electricity. And unless it is consumed immediately it expires. Electricity doesn't magically transport itself to where people can use it.

BTC miners can be put near the oil pad to consume the electricity there.

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by matkoniecz on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:19PM (#32868341)
> BTC miners can be put near the oil pad to consume the electricity there.

It is happening so rarely that it can be dismissed and treated as smoke screen.

1) It is less than 0.01% of all energy consumed by BTC

2) Would still require energy waste on equipment

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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by epolanski on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:42PM (#32861003)
Or we could simply not waste resources and time with such absurdities.
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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by landemva on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:11PM (#32861231)
What absurdities? The wells are already there and they may leak or have flares with incomplete combustion. This cleans it up.
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