Indonesia, especially Jakarta is in a pollution emergency, Many say that this is caused by steam power plants where the fuel is coal. And, sadly I heard also on my social media local that this pollution is also caused by crypto-mining, I debated and rejected it opinion because crypto-mining in Indonesia is not much like other countries where their air is still clean today.
So what do you though, is crypto mining become a big problem of pollution?
Lol, pollution isn't cost by one industry alone. Bitcoin mining only constitutes to small fraction of the total pollution of all industries. In fact Bitcoin mining pollution emission cannot be compared to the pollution produced by many industries. I don't think the person talking about crypto-mining is majorly caused by crypto mining because it has been debunked by many studies such as the one done by University of Cambridge just like what is stated in this article:
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2023/bitcoin-electricity-consumption/ and is also supported by the following thread:
Cambridge University Shatters Bitcoin Energy MythsDebunking the "Bitcoin is an environmental disaster" argument