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North Coast Lawyer

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15. cryto minining should be illegal

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2025, 01:31 PM

May 2025

Mining cryptocurrency serves no valid purpose and is negatively impacting both consumers and the environment. This wasteful practice needs to be stopped.

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Electricity demand expected to jump by more than 75% by 2050 as costs rise, report says [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2025 OP

how much of that will be sucked up by AI and bit mining? nt Javaman May 2025 #1

A lot DUU May 2025 #3

My first thought after reading the headline... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2025 #9

And U.S. electricity generation was flat for so long, e.g. 2023 was about the same as 2007 (16 years). progree May 2025 #2

I've signed a new one year contract after my last one expired. Rates per KW are up 25% over last year. surfered May 2025 #4

And we could have clean energy (given by God for the MAGA crowd) in the form of sun and wind. OrlandoDem2 May 2025 #5

Places with the most highly developed wind and solar industries... hunter May 2025 #12

I'm fine with your last sentence. OrlandoDem2 May 2025 #13

how many of u rember this ad campain put out by the electric utilities years ago AllaN01Bear May 2025 #6

I remember back in 1979 BumRushDaShow May 2025 #8

Said the same BS with Wolf Creek in Kansas. With massive cost overruns Bengus81 May 2025 #21

According to Eric Schmidt former Google CEO ... OldBoss May 2025 #7

solar solar solar.... for much of the country. WarGamer May 2025 #10

The "solar will save us" cults, are the problem, not the solution. What is needed is reliable continuous clean energy. NNadir May 2025 #20

I'm not talking about Solar saving the planet... WarGamer May 2025 #23

The hidden cost of the "solar will save us" myth is the... NNadir May 2025 #24

Well, duh? Unca Jim May 2025 #11

I remember back in the 70s trying to reduce energy. LisaM May 2025 #19

Nikola Tesla envisioned a world where electricity was accessible to everyone for free Polybius May 2025 #14

cryto minining should be illegal North Coast Lawyer May 2025 #15

Crypto is bad, but most of this growth is AI, not crypto lostnfound May 2025 #16

Almost ENTIRELY because of fucking AI, which the government still refuses to regulate. It's such a massive energy drain Karasu May 2025 #17

Yeah...AI formally known as Google Search Bengus81 May 2025 #22

Our solar panels have never looked better! 11 Bravo May 2025 #18