4a227 - 2y
remote hydro: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-mining-project-in-kenya-helps-power-rural-community https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-30/bitcoin-miner-taps-wisconsin-hydro-plant-in-bid-to-control-power-costs#xj4y7vzkg https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-cryptocurrencies-bitriver/remote-siberian-data-center-reaps-rewards-of-bitcoin-rally-idUSKBN2B11RJ remote geothermal: Iceland yes other yes el salvador yes https://www.powermag.com/well-constructed-solution-geothermal-to-power-bitcoin-mining/ https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2021/09/29/el-salvadors-bitcoin-volcano-can-be-a-model-for-cleaner-crypto/ remote flare gas https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/12/23-year-old-texans-made-4-million-mining-bitcoin-off-flared-natural-gas.html remote solar: https://viral.media.mit.edu/pub/solarcoin/release/1 literally any type of energy ANYWHERE. No need for billion dollar pipeline or billions in transmission or energy wasted on power lines with resistance
If there is no incentive to harness stranded energy more efficiently(because the price of electricity in the middle of sahara desert is zero(no buyers) then no investment gets put into making it more efficient. If the incentive is present then human ingenuity can radically change human ability to make use of energy after a couple decades.
60aa4 - 2y
Interesting. I may go deeper on this
