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by nixass 1774 days ago
Sure, miners definitely use up to 50% renewables, especially asian ones. Why wouldn't that green energy be used for something actually useful?

The rest: Cough whataboutism cough

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Because it is in a remote location where that much energy isn’t neeedwd for daily use
Why on earth would anyone build a power plant in a remote location where no energy is needed?
so your belief is that China built a bunch of renewable power plants in the middle of nowhere with no demand for them, and generous miners stepped in to use the excess capacity?