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2024-09-24 22:07:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A5FB4C7AB663BE48929B34768B6234A071407FCFDE90B90E0B4E4122DADCC3BD
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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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