misk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130cross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareexhaust_fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down19·1 year agoBanks use negligible electricity lmao
minus-squareSnekeyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 year agoYeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
minus-squareclgoh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoIncluding everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoyup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down7·1 year ago the banking industry Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension.
minus-squareDra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agoI think this is the most forced ‘lmao’ I have ever read
Banks use negligible electricity lmao
Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.
yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many
Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension.
I think this is the most forced ‘lmao’ I have ever read