Originally posted by fullyautomatix
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Except for China, but the world gives them a free pass on their coal usage in return for cheap tat container shipments.
Does Iceland export any spare leccy like Russia does with its gas? Seems as feasible as building those solar farms in Africa to ship the leccy where countries will pay more for it.
So 'bitcoin consumes more energy than ...' is a moot point if the energy is mostly 'green' anyway and isn't reducing the amount of 'green' energy available elsewhere.
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