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The cited "Nature Communications" paper incorrectly extrapolates China's Bitcoin Mining carbon emission flows based on a single Chinese province during a cyclical peak of in-demand coal-based energy. https://www.coindesk.com/the-last-word-on-bitcoins-energy-consumption https://www.coindesk.com/what-bloomberg-gets-wrong-about-bitcoins-climate-footprint https://www.coindesk.com/frustrating-maddening-all-consuming-bitcoin-energy-debate https://medium.com/@nic__carter/noahbjectivity-on-bitcoin-mining-2052226310cb https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-will-save-our-earth https://mdotbit.medium.com/addressing-concerns-about-bitcoins-electricity-use-378e0de4af42 https://unchained-capital.com/blog/bitcoin-does-not-waste-energy/ https://www.danheld.com/blog/2019/1/5/pow-is-efficent https://www.coincenter.org/how-bitcoin-could-drive-the-clean-energy-revolution/ https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-mining-wastes-energy-thats-good-thing https://medium.com/hackernoon/green-energy-and-bitcoin-eb7961f38382 https://journal.bitcoinreserve.com/bitcoin-a-bold-american-future/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/cryptocurrency-mining-is-now-drawing-in-the-world-s-top-renewables-producers https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/study-74-percent-of-bitcoin-mining-powered-with-renewable-energy https://medium.com/@philgeiger/bitcoin-is-good-for-the-environment-fc5ff7448b9e https://medium.com/@hassmccook/the-economic-environmental-cost-of-bitcoin-part-i-ac162067721d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJQ_IduIWM https://pca.st/b89lzazp https://pca.st/aqp4xahp
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