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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption

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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption

www.tomshardware.com

misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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The U.S government wants to crack down on the ballooning energy consumption of Bitcoin miners.
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  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    Electricity is too cheap for these uses.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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      Why is commercial power so cheap and residential so expensive? We could fix two problems by balancing that back.

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    They don’t produce anything except some numbers. A total waste of energy. I had to laugh when this guy I know who is very “progressive” and environmentally concerned got pissy when I pointed out how much energy was wasted on bitcoin mining just because he was into it.

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      My comment here is a much better use of energy

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