Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by louloulou on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:33PM
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they should just mine bitcoin with it
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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by aembleton on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:52AM
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I'm sure people do.
I know it's a joke, but the if you buy equipment to mine bitcoins, you don't let it sit idle waiting for those few times a year that electricity prices are low.
You computer will be obsolete before you've made a return on investment.
The same problem applies to H2, etc, if the process is rarely used and the setup to do the process is expensive, then it's cheaper not to.
A plant that can produce H2 from electricity might be more expensive than the value of the power discarded.