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2024-09-25 21:23:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DF692A0F89FC961BCA8DA0A2E9947B23593712E1A7D3C43EA0F68F4EF4A73688
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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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