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by joeseppy 2023 days ago
https://www.upstreamdata.ca/post/natural-gas-venting-how-bit...

An eco friendly Cryptocurrency mining use case is that gives electricity generation a baseline price regardless of where it is generated.

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Oh that's interesting, like an energy economy.

I think... it's a little tenuous because the price would based on like, math, algorithms and ASICs more than scarcity of fuel (or pollution, or what have you), but definitely an interesting idea.