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> It would not be profitable to convert that natural to electricity if it was used for anything besides Bitcoin.

My sibling comment talks about this a little more, but as someone running data centers on the same technology, I can assure you that it is possible to do profitable compute that is not crypto mining on this technology.

> "The firm estimates that bitcoin mining allows carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions to be reduced by over 60% compared to routine flaring."

https://www.crusoeenergy.com/digital-flare-mitigation has all the stats on Methane, CO/CO2, VOCs, NOx, etc.

For comparison, using one of our GPUs for a month offsets the equivalent of ~400 kg of CO2, which is about the same as a round trip flight from SFO to SEA.