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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 8345196, member: 15199"]Surprising to many is that an increasing offender are Bitcoin miners.</p><p><br /></p><p> "The <a href="https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index" rel="nofollow">University of Cambridge</a> estimates that Bitcoin alone generates 132.48 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, which easily surpasses the <a href="https://yearbook.enerdata.net/electricity/electricity-domestic-consumption-data.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://yearbook.enerdata.net/electricity/electricity-domestic-consumption-data.html" rel="nofollow">annual energy usage of Norway</a> at 123 TWh in 2020. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by this energy usage will vary depending on how that energy was created. But in 2020, the US — where <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200477/bitcoin-mining-by-country/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200477/bitcoin-mining-by-country/" rel="nofollow">35.4% of Bitcoin mining</a> takes place since <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-crypto-ban-bitcoin-golden-opportunity-us-blockchain-regulation-2021-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-crypto-ban-bitcoin-golden-opportunity-us-blockchain-regulation-2021-10" rel="nofollow">China banned cryptocurrency mining</a> in 2021 — created <a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=74&t=11#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20total%20U.S.%20electricity,CO2%20emissions%20per%20kWh." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=74&t=11#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20total%20U.S.%20electricity,CO2%20emissions%20per%20kWh." rel="nofollow">.85 pounds of carbon dioxide</a> per kWh. This results in nearly 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide produced by US Bitcoin mining alone."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/cryptocurrency-environmental-impact" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/cryptocurrency-environmental-impact" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/cryptocurrency-environmental-impact</a></p><p><br /></p><p>No single individual, No political party, no individual state or country, no individual continent can stop the advance by themselves. It would take the efforts of all of the industrialized countries to level or reduce the carbon dioxide level around the earth. Some people try to make everything political so it can be brushed off or removed, I leave it to other moderators if action needs to be taken as I am involved in it. Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 8345196, member: 15199"]Surprising to many is that an increasing offender are Bitcoin miners. "The [URL='https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index']University of Cambridge[/URL] estimates that Bitcoin alone generates 132.48 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, which easily surpasses the [URL='https://yearbook.enerdata.net/electricity/electricity-domestic-consumption-data.html']annual energy usage of Norway[/URL] at 123 TWh in 2020. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by this energy usage will vary depending on how that energy was created. But in 2020, the US — where [URL='https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200477/bitcoin-mining-by-country/']35.4% of Bitcoin mining[/URL] takes place since [URL='https://www.businessinsider.com/china-crypto-ban-bitcoin-golden-opportunity-us-blockchain-regulation-2021-10']China banned cryptocurrency mining[/URL] in 2021 — created [URL='https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=74&t=11#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20total%20U.S.%20electricity,CO2%20emissions%20per%20kWh.'].85 pounds of carbon dioxide[/URL] per kWh. This results in nearly 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide produced by US Bitcoin mining alone." [URL]https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/cryptocurrency-environmental-impact[/URL] No single individual, No political party, no individual state or country, no individual continent can stop the advance by themselves. It would take the efforts of all of the industrialized countries to level or reduce the carbon dioxide level around the earth. Some people try to make everything political so it can be brushed off or removed, I leave it to other moderators if action needs to be taken as I am involved in it. Jim[/QUOTE]
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