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2024-09-26 05:34:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CE3EE0B6A89B38B6DAA60C20C3C29F41EDB26A65951630E419D4A2A1490240C0
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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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