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2022-09-21 12:35:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1CF4596654758078AEC93C3918F575A512CE7B94238C71C3F0362BF19385594C
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Bitcoin mining consumes an enormous amount of energy - 150 terawatts annually. https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/05/04/cryptocurrency-energy/ Using heat from bitcoin mining to produce food or heat buildings would require additional infrastructure, not just heat dissipating from banks of computers dedicated to nothing but mining bitcoin.
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