[ganafagol]

How is this related to the comment you replied to? It was about pollution and introduction of a carbon tax.

As long as we are having this kind of "discussion" I can see why fantasies about leaving earth and colonizing space are popular.

[rhn_mk1]

The parent highlighted that carbon tax may do little to nothing to stop proof-of-work cryptocurrencies. The relevant quote is:

> People mine because it is expensive, it isn't the other way around, so the real questions we should be asking in good faith are things like "Why it is profitable in the first place?"