[isitdopamine]

Supporting heating in the winter == supporting global warming

Supporting agriculture == supporting global warming

Supporting any kind of traveling and international trade == supporting global warming

Reading the NY Times == supporting global warming

[wobblyasp]

Heating in the winter prevents people from freezing to death.

Agriculture feeds the world.

Travel, fair argument.

The power demand for a website is a drop in the ocean compared to the power consumption from a rack of GPUs or dedicated mining cards

[isitdopamine]

…and Bitcoin is a revolutionary technology, providing a censorship-resistant money-exchange system.

We can discuss if this is worth more or less than <insert some other activity that contributes to global warming> and also discuss the merit of the new technology, but simple dismissing it as “contributing to global warming” is an inane argument.

[UWillOwnNothing]

It’s not even an argument. It’s pure propaganda spouted by oligarchs who have something to lose when humanity wins.

[aww_dang]

BTC opened the door and CBDCs will close it. Climate apocalypse is just a convenient rationale. They've often suggested using carbon credits as a supporting 'asset' for a CBDC system.