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2024-09-25 01:47:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CD42F12DF5AEA882577BA4B31D854F1FED1E349D4F3B6459F8C015B85A1E0946
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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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