Bitcoin Mining Nearly As Bad as Crude Oil for Climate: Study
Researchers say that the mining of bitcoin is creating climate damages in excess of a coin's value.
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Researchers say that the mining of bitcoin is creating climate damages in excess of a coin's value.
Bitcoin mining fails to meet sustainability criteria and damages the climate more than beef production or the mining of precious metals, say experts at the University of New Mexico.
Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to an analysis published in Scientific...
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