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by howaboutnope 1630 days ago
Telling people to be witheringly ashamed isn't "throwing a tantrum". It's giving them their chance to repent before getting cut off. It's THEIR job to clean their house, not that of critics.

https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1477420461122375683

> Some statistics to start the year:

> During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.

> Related CO2 emissions were ~64 Mt; enough to negate the entire global net savings from deploying EVs.