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Old 10th January 2022, 15:57     #974
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Originally Posted by Ab
Here in South Australia power is certainly free during the summer.
It's not really free though, is it. Someone had to pay for the solar setup. Cheap - sure.

I don't have the stats in front of me, but whatever percentage of crypto mining is generated with dirty power (I vaguely recall it being about 75%) can be considered to have an environmental impact.
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