sodalite@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agoIt’s not just electricity — Bitcoin mines burn through a lot of water, toowww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down17
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minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·2 years agohttps://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption Okay, but it’s not as if electricity consumption isn’t more than enough by itself to prove bitcoin a worse than useless idea.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·2 years agoIt’s fine if it’s renewable electricity
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoThat energy could still be going somewhere else or used to make hydrogen. Plus making the cards is pretty material and energy intensive.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·2 years agoWhy is making hydrogen useful? The universe is 99% hydrogen.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years agoThe atmosphere of earth is 0.000055% hydrogen, so it’s not common here. But it’s useful because it’s an easily transportable energy storage medium.
minus-squareStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWhat doea bitcoin do for the world?
https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
Okay, but it’s not as if electricity consumption isn’t more than enough by itself to prove bitcoin a worse than useless idea.
It’s fine if it’s renewable electricity
That energy could still be going somewhere else or used to make hydrogen. Plus making the cards is pretty material and energy intensive.
Why is making hydrogen useful? The universe is 99% hydrogen.
The atmosphere of earth is 0.000055% hydrogen, so it’s not common here. But it’s useful because it’s an easily transportable energy storage medium.
What doea bitcoin do for the world?
is use by cryptobro