[salmonlogs]

Let's be clear: Bitcoin is NOT reducing methane emissions or carbon emissions. Crypto mining cannot reduce anything. This is just a straw man.

The study you reference discussed burning waste methane to turn into electricity, rather than gas flaring.

That electricity could be used for anything. Water desalination, stored for grid balancing, powering agricultural needs or offsetting the electrical needs of the gas facilities.

[vntok]

> That electricity could be used for anything. Water desalination, stored for grid balancing, powering agricultural needs or offsetting the electrical needs of the gas facilities.

No it precisely could not, because there's no transport infrastructure, storage or grid balancer there.

That's why they were flaring in the first place.

[once_inc]

sigh, one of these days, I'm going to be able to downvote despite being heavily suppressed for having a fact-based opinion about Bitcoin, which is the result of literally years of study. Until then, you have my upvote.