Quote from: flyingcarpet on Today at 03:05:28 PM

Quote from: blue Snow on September 07, 2023, 04:21:55 AM

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?

When I read news about crypto mining polluting nature, I think there are many things they need to look at other than crypto mining. But since those who make these news do not report that big companies are killing nature, these news do not make much sense to me.

Big companies have been polluting clean water for years. The media doesn't report it. Now they come and say that Bitcoin mining pollutes nature. Meaningless.

Big companies are exactly doing more harm to the environment than BTC mining could. Jakarta is also a business hub and capital, with more automobile emitting CO2, along with the processes involved in getting coal. Its not as if the place is sparcely populated in the first place, to think that it could efficiently mine BTC.
A miner may be limited in movement and has alternatives to energy sources, but what may be questionable is the emissions that is produce from the source of the energy, powering the mining process and not the mining of BTC itself.