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September 09, 2022, 02:01:30 AM |
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It's truly amazing that while the use of energy in Bitcoin mining is valid enough reason, whether the source is renewable or not, miners are still looking for ways to mitigate its environmental impact.
Not only are miners gradually shifting to the use of renewables, they are also using excess energy that the grid cannot anymore store, energy which is otherwise wasted and unused.
There is also the use of methane which is otherwise flared. Not only does Bitcoin mining make use of such waste, in effect, it also saves the environment from the harmful effects of gas flaring.
Other than this, we've also read how the heat emitted from Bitcoin mining is recycled in many ways, to heat office buildings and homes, to grow plants, and so on.
I'd like to believe that all this is done not because Bitcoin mining is heavily subjected to severe criticism and FUD by clueless critics but because the Bitcoin miners themselves are also aware of the earth's state of health.
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