Bitcoin is environmental menace! BTC miners are carbon terrorists!

[philipma1957]

There are tons of comparisons between Bitcoin mining versus other day to day use, and the power consumption of Bitcoin mining is very VERY small in comparison, it's almost nothing.

Check this one for instance:





BitcoinSV maximalists are even trying?, at least come up with something that is not so easy to disprove with shitload of data and charts.

good chart.  now add in the fact that a ton of solar arrays are created specifically due to mining coins. the ratio is larger than the image

it the 79 is lower since maybe ⅓ is offset by new solar made for mining.

[SirLancelot]

I hope you don't use a car nor ride a bus for your transportation. You must be riding a bicycle or a tesla on your regular transportation. However it's also made of materials that were mined using energy that emits high carbon. The future is green energy and bitcoin can also mined thru green energy. But even current bitcoin mining is still nothing and very small compared to huge carbon emissions from factories and daily activities like cars. 

The problem is that, even if you end up using your electric car, that means you are going to "charge" it instead of put oil in it, well if that electricity that you charge your car with comes from something bad for the environment then it's bad too, doesn't really have any difference at all with regular petrol cars.

This means it is not about using bitcoin, or using cars, or using anything, it is about where the electricity that we use comes from, no matter what we use it for. People think that bitcoin energy spending means bad thing, no, where that energy comes from makes it bad or good. I personally believe as long as we "ban" oil and freaking and what not, and put trillions and trillions from ALL nations into renewable, then we would be fine in just under 10 years.

[Bitcoin SV]

Why don't you look at your own carbon footprint and in particular observe how many BSV miners are running on non-renewables, and then take your garbage posts to Twitter.

BSV is green
BTC is not green

Feel the difference

[DooMAD]

BSV is shit
BTC is not shit

FTFY.

ShitVision only uses less energy because it's a completely worthless crapcoin, perpetuated by scummy criminals and no one in their right mind would touch it.  As such, it makes very little economic sense to waste any hashpower mining it.

[cheezcarls]

OP I don't know why a toxic stupid idiot like you is still doing here in this forum. Your claims are a bunch of nonsense BS. What does it benefit you here? Wasting your time and energy as a keyboard warrior posting negative stuff about the unstoppable Bitcoin?

You can't change the whole world buddy. BTC can't be stopped no matter if it falls down several times whether in the financial or environmental side. It's unbeatable. Not even the governments and banks can stop or control it.

[Bitcoin SV]

Electricity consumption of the bitcoin network since 2016 (annualized) and comparison with the electricity consumption of various countries in 2019. The upper and lower bounds (grey traces) are based on worst-case and best-case scenario assumptions, respectively. The red trace indicates an intermediate best-guess estimate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
https://cbeci.org/
https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/electricity/electricity-consumption

[NotATether]

Electricity consumption of the bitcoin network since 2016 (annualized) and comparison with the electricity consumption of various countries in 2019. The upper and lower bounds (grey traces) are based on worst-case and best-case scenario assumptions, respectively. The red trace indicates an intermediate best-guess estimate.

1. Most of that energy comes from green sources.
2. Even the waste product of bitcoin mining, heat, can be used for heating homes during the winter.

There is no energy wasted in Bitcoin mining. What goes in, also goes out of the system.

You know, you could utilize those waste products too, but I think CoinGeek and co. are too ignorant to do anything with ESG.

[Bitcoin SV]

Polluting Bitcoin Mines Come to Rural Georgia

In addition to the carbon emissions contributing to the climate crisis, Bitcoin mines are also very loud, often disturbing nearby residents. Due to the massive computing power used during the mining process, the computers generate substantial amounts of heat and must therefore be cooled to avoid damaging the equipment. Cooling systems often involve industrial-grade fans and air conditioning units that—when combined with the constant operation of mining rigs—result in persistent noise. The relentless hum of these machines can extend far beyond the confines of the mining facilities, unfortunately impacting surrounding neighborhoods.

Communities across the South have experienced this unexpected noisy intrusion into their daily lives, as residents from Arkansas to Tennessee report disruptions right outside their homes. For example, residents of Adel, Georgia have been plagued by nonstop noise from Bitcoin mines. The incessant drone of fans and machinery, often louder than the recommended cap of 70 decibels, goes beyond mere inconvenience: prolonged exposure to loud noise can have negative effects on people’s mental and physical well-being, interfering with sleep schedules, increasing stress levels, and contributing to long-term health issues like cardiovascular disease.

Many of CleanSpark’s facilities in Georgia operate with the same loud air-cooling processes. Thus, the Sandersville mine may bring disruptive noise to nearby residents, and students and faculty at the Oconee Fall Line Technical College, a local community college, that is less than half a mile away. CleanSpark’s Norcross mining site utilizes an immersion cooling system that cools computers through submersion in synthetic oil – a process that reduces the amount of energy used and decreases noise pollution by not relying on fans. Though a quieter and more efficient method, it has so far been limited to the smaller 20 MW site in Norcross.

As CleanSpark announces a planned expansion of the Sandersville site—a $145 million deal to double the fleet’s mining capacity for a “massive 150 MW expansion”—there could be more noise and disruption in store for residents.

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/research/polluting-bitcoin-mines-come-to-rural-georgia/