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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Banks use negligible electricity lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I think this is the most forced 'lmao' I have ever read

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

the banking industry

Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension.