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2023-04-11 15:33:33 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Pierre does not believe in scope 2 or 3 emissions, these are also called indirect emissions vs scope 1 which is direct. His argument is that because the actual physical (computational?) act of mining does not produce co2, that means Bitcoin is carbon free. https://twitter.com/bitcoinpierre/status/1645767935074476032?s=46&t=aozoqInfdouFj7343V61ig https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-1-and-scope-2-inventory-guidance

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• Pierre does not believe in scope 2 or 3 emissions, these are also called indirect emissions vs scope 1 which is direct. His argument is that because the actual physical (computational?) act of mining does not produce co2, that means Bitcoin is carbon free. https://twitter.com/bitcoinpierre/status/1645767935074476032?s=46&t=aozoqInfdouFj7343V61ig https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-1-and-scope-2-inventory-guidance