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titzer on Jan 15, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Insect collapse

> I read that bitcoin produces more CO2 than the global aviation industry...

It's big (~23Mt), but not as big as aviation (~860Mt).

https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption

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