silence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhat Will We Do With Our Free Power?messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkWhat Will We Do With Our Free Power?messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-down2·2 months agoRealistically, bros will use it to mine bitcoin.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat too :) One day someone will build an entire Dyson Sphere… just to mine Bitcoin.
minus-squarekeepthepace@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoAt one point hopefully it gets banned.
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoNo need to ban it just jail the manipulators.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months 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.