Quote from: Torque on November 09, 2017, 03:25:46 PM

Quote from: Last of the V8s on November 09, 2017, 10:46:07 AM

Quote from: soullyG on November 09, 2017, 10:40:48 AM

Ms Kaminska writing lovely things about the Honey Badger as usual

https://www.ft.com/content/c166aa1e-c303-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675

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And even if all that were possible, none of it changes the fact that if bitcoins primary use is for speculation rather than transaction, the energy wastage serves very little constructive social purpose at all.

energy wastage is heating my house, my mistresses' houses, the office ...

energy from Chinese, Siberian, Canuck dams would be wasted if not used for mining

that girl needs a good somethinging

Light Pollution in the U.S. alone: 120 terawatt-hours/year

Bitcoin Network: 11 terrawatt-hours/year (??)

CERN Hadron Collider: 1.3 terrawatt-hours/year

Digressing and OT I know, but the light pollution reminded me, in 2019 all electric cars in the EU must make a sound in slow speeds! what an moronic idea. When we finally made cars silent they force us to make them noisy again. And it's a very irritating sound too. A by law forced noise pollution.
https://youtu.be/p4cjPk8mqEM

EDIT: typos and stuff.