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@futurism if we could reduce electricity used for bitcoin mining in the same proportion that would be more than a good thing !

After crypto/NFT hype, AI hype, but AI still looks more useful.

@futurism Padme: But at least the benefits outweigh the costs....right?

@futurism

"Digital" counterfeit money uses even more electricity than that, more than most European Nations. So now the stolen writing, stolen art, stolen research app is rushing to catch up! What a world, All this, ALL THIS is billionaires screwing things over, including the economy to continue stealing and ruling.

Counterfeit money and stolen writing is the 21st century.

Being burned to ash, while the richest pay the worst to disrupt and prevent discussions and solutions.

@futurism "As an entire country"? Lesotho? Or PR China? Just don't want to read more with such an clickbait headline.

@sven222

"In a recent analysis published in the journal Joule, data scientist Alex de Vries at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands found that by 2027, these server farms could use anywhere between 85 to 134 terawatt hours of energy per year.

That's roughly on par with the annual electricity use of Argentina, the Netherlands, or Sweden, as the New York Times points out, or 0.5 percent of the entire globe's energy demands."

@futurism