Energy consumption from $1.5B in BTC is equivalent to 132 launches of Falcon 9
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Re: Energy consumption from $1.5B in BTC is equivalent to 132 launches of Falcon 9
#2This is calculated in dollars, which is not the unit we use for measuring amounts of energy.
Re: Energy consumption from $1.5B in BTC is equivalent to 132 launches of Falcon 9
#3ok but what about the energy used to print and circulate dollars and the negative externalities associated with manipulation of those dollars
Re: Energy consumption from $1.5B in BTC is equivalent to 132 launches of Falcon 9
#4ok but what about the energy used to print and circulate dollars and the negative externalities associated with manipulation of those dollars
Estimated Bitcoin energy consumption is 1.8% of total US energy consumption. I don't think that printing and circulating US dollars even remotely adds up to 1% of the country's energy usage.