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This thread will convince you #bitcoin mining is good for the environment.
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#Bitcoin mining is helping 1,600 families in the mountains of Malawi, Africa get cheaper hydroelectric energy
Extra sustainable electricity + Starklink internet connectivity + Bitcoin mining profitability = Cheaper energy for the community
#Bitcoin mining saved endangered animals in Congo’s oldest national park.
The pandemic hurt tourism and the park was running out of money.
Thanks to mining #bitcoin with the extra energy from its local hydroelectric dam, they are now profitable again!
#Bitcoin is powered by volcanos
The Tecapa volcano in El Salvador produces more clean sustainable geothermal energy than the local community can use.
Mining #bitcoin with the extra energy helps lower costs and balance the electrical grid
In Lebanon, the local currency has lost more than 95% of its value, pensions are worthless, banks shutdown, and ATMs are out of cash.
People are surviving by mining #bitcoin
From CNBC
By using the warmth of #bitcoin mining, engineers are able to build profitable and sustainable hydroponic, fish hatchery, and heating systems
From Bitcoin Clip
#Bitcoin mining is cleaning up toxic waste in this Pennsylvania town and saving taxpayers $𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
From Bitcoin Clip
CEO of Texas' energy grid, Brad Jones explains, "#Bitcoin mining is helping balance our grid and is driving more renewables into our system"
From Documenting ₿itcoin
#Bitcoin mining recycles harmful methane emissions into profits
Methane emissions come from places where no other technologies can reach.
There are no pipes connected and it’s too remote of a location to build anything else
Japan’s largest power company is mining #bitcoin TEPCO now uses their surplus renewable energy to mine #bitcoin — helping lower energy costs for consumers, increase profits, and decarbonize the energy grid
Recycling the warmth of #bitcoin mining to grow flowers
By using the warmth of #bitcoin mining, engineers are able to build profitable and sustainable hydroponic, fish hatchery, and heating systems
From Bitcoin Clip
#Bitcoin mining is cleaning up toxic waste in this Pennsylvania town and saving taxpayers $𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
From Bitcoin Clip
The oldest hydroelectric energy facility in the U.S. was going to be turned off forever!
Built in 1897, Mechanicville Hydroelectric Plant could no longer make a profit.
#Bitcoin mining saved it!
#Bitcoin mining is keeping this 40 room hotel warm during the winter and lowering energy costs
From DCX Immersion Mining
A testimony in front of the U.S Congress explaining how #bitcoin mining is a net postive
From Bitcoin Clip
U.S House Committee on Financial Services wrote a letter the EPA: "Most importantly, digital assets, and their related mining activities, are essential to the economic future of the United States.
Tesla @elonmusk Block @jack Blockstream @adam3us Together they are using solar energy to mine #bitcoin and proving it can lower electrical costs for everyone
Intel, the superconducter giant, is building energy efficient #bitcoin mining chips
Exxon Mobil is using #bitcoin mining to reduce harmful emissions
This user found a way to help stray cats in the winter using the warmth of #bitcoin mining and is making a profit at the same time
North Vancouver is set to become the first city in the world to be heated by #bitcoin mining.
They will create heat for the city using sustainable energy and #bitcoin mining to lower costs
Nuclear energy
Bitcoin mining The 2.5 gigawatt Susquehanna nuclear power facility in Pennsylvania is using #bitcoin mining to help ₿alance the supply and demand of energy
President Biden’s office released a report last year on #bitcoin mining and the environment.
This is a quote from the report:
This hydroelectrica plant in the middle of the forests of Costa Rica was shut down for 9 months because it could no longer make a profit.
It's now back online generating sustainable energy and mining #bitcoin
From Reuters
CEO of the largest public #bitcoin mining company in the world, @fgthiel explains how they help build sustainable energy
From Bitcoin Clip
New research data shows the global #bitcoin mining industry produces less CO₂ emissions than both computer games and holiday lights
From Bitcoin Clip
#Bitcoin is estimated to use 58.9% sustainable energy, according to latest data by the BMC.
This makes the #bitcoin mining one of the most sustainable industries in the world!
Use of sustainable energy:
India 12.6%
Poland 15.6%
Japan 16.3%
China 16.4%
Russia 19.6%
Brazil 21.7%
Canada 22.5%
USA 31.4%
S. Korea 33.7%
EU 43.5%
Germany 48.5%
#Bitcoin 58.9%
Governor of New Hampshire recommends the Department of Energy to review how #bitcoin mining can help stabilize the electricity grid, build more sustainable generation projects, and lower costs for consumers!
Governor of Texas says, "#Bitcoin is good for the power grid" "We are promoting #bitcoin, we are advancing it, and we are providing a platform for it.
#Bitcoin is the cutting edge of innovation in the world"
From Bitcoin Clip
A company wants to build a massive solar project in Montana.
Of course it’s for #bitcoin mining!
Even @jack mines #bitcoin at home
From Braiins
#Bitcoin is used to crowdsource solar panels in Zimbabwe.
1,905 individuals across 98 countries funded The Nhimbe Fresh project, a grower of berries and vegetables made up of 250 smallholder farmers.
This was only possible thanks to #bitcoin
Nitter link to OG thread
https://nitter.net/documentingbtc/status/1618329117174427648?s=12&t=LhyciSu-bIkDyrBFCxX5BQ
