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2024-09-26 16:09:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 45E3856F5DAFBF12E3EB1F11426159B3A79045745999F9D91A5DACF0C9655B21
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Original Note:
The "8% of global electricity" claim is factually incorrect. Bitcoin uses 145.67 TWh per year. https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci Global electricity use is 29,479 Twh per year https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix This is 0.49% of global electricity A Cornell study also showed that Bitcoin's energy use could help the renewable transition https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05445
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