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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] exhaust_fan@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Banks use negligible electricity lmao

[–] Snekeyes@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers..

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many

[–] clgoh@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

the banking industry

Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension.

[–] Dra@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

I think this is the most forced 'lmao' I have ever read