[Darmody]

Using more energy than many many countries with populations of millions isn't meaningful?

[krzyk]

Bitcoin mining can be easily checked for energy usage and that's the problem.

But do you know how much energy is used for printing money?

Or for agriculture (take into account production of equipment and fertilizer), car production, getting oil from ground into cars?

Or by all ACs in the world (which are just a nice-to-have, just like bitcoin)?

[paulryanrogers]

Food is required to survive, AC to live in many parts of the world. Money printing gets cheaper the more digital centralized fiat becomes.

[krzyk]

AC is not required to live, it is just convenience. Heating is required (you would freeze to death), but not AC.

Food doesn't need to have so many fertilizers or bug-killers, it makes food poisonous.

[1270018080]

No need to whataboutism this issue. Bitcoin uses over .5% of the world's electricity just to prop up a pyramid scheme and illicit markets. It's an abject disaster.

[krzyk]

This is your opinion, others find bitcoin useful, 0.5% is a small price for convenience.

They pay price for electricity just like users of ACs.