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akvadrako
2955 days ago
Most of it comes from hydroelectric plants with very cheap prices.
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dragonwriter
2955 days ago
Forcing other use on the same grid to come from fossil fuel plants that would not need to operate at the same capacity without the Bitcoin operation.
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akvadrako
2955 days ago
I don't really think so - I think China built dams in places with too much capacity and it's cheap because it's not in high demand.
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spookthesunset
2955 days ago
> Most of it comes from hydroelectric plants with very cheap prices.
Hyrdo isn't green energy. Dams block fish migrations and fuck up the surrounding ecosystem.
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