energyconsumption

Bitcoin's Dirty Secret 5 Ways Mining is Destroying Our Planet

Bitcoin's Dirty Secret 5 Ways Mining is Destroying Our Planet

Picture yourself living beside a huge, loud, hurtful generator. Day in, day out, the clamor doesn’t let up, shaking your windows and robbing you of tranquility. Now, imagine that same generator powering a Bitcoin mine rather than a hospital or school. It uses enough electricity to power your entire city,...

Silent Wells, Loud Risks: Is Crypto Mining's Boom a Bust for PA?

Silent Wells, Loud Risks: Is Crypto Mining's Boom a Bust for PA?

Here’s the hard truth Pennsylvania, we really have to have an honest conversation about crypto mining. Not the future-of-finance hype, but the down-and-dirty, ground-zero reality unfolding in our own back-yards. In particular, the puzzling and disappointing recent trend of pairing crypto mining with abandoned and soon-to-be-abandoned natural gas wells. It...

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