Cryptocurrency Ethereum has slashed its energy use by 99.99 per cent - great news, but a shame they think it’s unlikely the others will follow suit. Perhaps legislation should make them?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2369304-cryptocurrency-ethereum-has-slashed-its-energy-use-by-99-99-per-cent/
#sustainability #energywaste

This sort of thing really annoys me. Nearly 2kW of wasted energy. "Perfect for a chilly night," says #Aldi's marketing blurb. If it's a chilly night outside, go inside, you stupid fucks.

#SpaceHeaters #EnergyWaste #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis

Funny thing: only yesterday while listening to the fan in my laptop spin up on the ad-loaded site electrek.com (ironic!) I wondered to myself, "what's the kWh hit of all this advertising frenzy, at scale?"

Well, one day later up pops an answer.

Sadly because of Yet Another Business Plan this article is #NotOpenAccess but some hints are in the abstract, for those who can take the work on faith alone.

It's a lot of juice.

#EnergyWaste
#ExternalCosts
#ClimateChange

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.13376?af=R

This is fine:

https://ccaf.io/cbeci/ghg/index

#bitcoin #CO2emissions #energywaste

Americans will kill this planet in the name of not shoveling snow during the winter 🙃

#environment #energywaste

Bitcoin Miners Are The Dung Beetles Of The Energy Sector

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-miners-are-dung-beetles-of-energy

#energywaste #Renewables #Business #Opinion #E-waste #Energy #Mining

Bitcoin Is A Green Energy Battery For Wasted Electricity

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-is-a-green-energy-battery

#Greenenergy #electricity #energywaste #Culture #Opinion #Energy

Who Says Bitcoin Mining Needs To Be Profitable?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-mining-doesnt-need-to-make-money

#BitcoinMiningProfitability #energyconsumption #energywaste #Business #Opinion #Mining

There is one blockchain that is not wasting energy by securing the cryptocurrencies through cooperation instead of competition. Intended for shifting society towards a cooperative, ecological economy: The 5 year old FairCoin https://fair.coop/en/blog/happy-green-bday-faircoin #bitcoin #energywaste #faircoin

There is one blockchain that is not wasting energy by securing the cryptocurrencies through cooperation instead of competition. And it's intended use, too, is for shifting society towards a cooperative, ecological economy, which preserves the environment: The 5 year old FairCoin https://fair.coop/en/blog/happy-green-bday-faircoin #bitcoin #energywaste #PoC #faircoin