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October 29, 2018 06:45 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/QVF7b5RlT50/bitcoin-mining-alone-could-raise-global-temperatures-above-critical-limit-by-2033
Bitcoin Mining Alone Could Raise Global Temperatures Above Critical Limit By 2033
dmoberhaus writes: Researchers have found that if Bitcoin is adopted at rates similar to technologies like credit cards, its energy consumption could increase global temperatures by 2C in just 16 years. This is well beyond the limit of catastrophic climate change proposed by the UN. Motherboard spoke to an expert on Bitcoin and energy about the study's implications.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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