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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages

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Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages

www.tomshardware.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Water used for power and maintenance of Bitcoin servers adds more environmental issues.
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    Explain to me how crops of any appreciable size are being grown in the shade and harvested around solar panels? This sounds like feel good baloney to me, but what do I know. I only spent several years as a teen while growing up on a farm and currently homestead.

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      It’s called “agrivoltaic” farming. Be sure to checkout the hyperlinks in this article too: https://theconversation.com/how-shading-crops-with-solar-panels-can-improve-farming-lower-food-costs-and-reduce-emissions-202094

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