silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-222 days agoWhat Will We Do With Our Free Power?messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkWhat Will We Do With Our Free Power?messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-222 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoThere are plenty of things we could do with excess power. Green hydrogen production and electrochemical carbon fixation spring to mind.
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·22 days agoRealistically, bros will use it to mine bitcoin.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoThat too :) One day someone will build an entire Dyson Sphere… just to mine Bitcoin.
minus-squarekeepthepace@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·22 days agoAt one point hopefully it gets banned.
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·22 days agoNo need to ban it just jail the manipulators.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 days agoFor sure. The challenge is that there’s a cost of capital, and intermittently available excess power is difficult to use cost-effectively with anything like current technology.
There are plenty of things we could do with excess power. Green hydrogen production and electrochemical carbon fixation spring to mind.
Realistically, bros will use it to mine bitcoin.
That too :)
One day someone will build an entire Dyson Sphere… just to mine Bitcoin.
At one point hopefully it gets banned.
No need to ban it just jail the manipulators.
For sure. The challenge is that there’s a cost of capital, and intermittently available excess power is difficult to use cost-effectively with anything like current technology.