BITCOIN MINING ON TRACK TO CONSUME ALL OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY BY 2020

[Marlin]

   No it's not but the power used to handle and pirate Bitcoin shows part of the future of power demand. I was reading up on the new super computer that is being built at ORNL and it's projected power consumption is anywhere from 45 to 150 megawatts about that of an SMR: go figure.


 


BITCOIN MINING ON TRACK TO CONSUME ALL OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY BY 2020


http://www.newsweek.com/bitcoin-mining-track-consume-worlds-energy-2020-744036?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202017-12-12%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:13226%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive

[SloGlo]

eye yam of a mine witch thinks that as peeps start two go dark n freeze, bitcoins will git changed too gold. n greenies got two figger sum loving four the statement "Going by Digiconomist's estimates, bitcoin’s annual carbon footprint is close to 16,000 kilotons of carbon dioxide."

[Marlin]

Bitcoin Could End Up Using More Power Than Electric Cars

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10/bitcoin-outshines-electric-cars-as-driver-of-global-power-use

[Rennhack]

Chinha who gives its people free electricity, and is the global leader in bitcoin mining, just told their people to stop.