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2024-09-24 22:05:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C8B91BF938DF7665498C3067E020BA1EE4D59A173C1AF474AF9CFFF77D3CF151
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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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