Hur ser din drömresa ut Bitcoin Slår vind och sol för att minska utsläppen

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Ons 7 september 2022 11:00

Hur ser din drömresa ut Bitcoin Slår vind och sol för att minska utsläppen

Miljöpåverkan av bitcoin mining has long been a topic of great debate in the community. Due to the amount of energy consumed by the high-powered computers that are required to solve complex mathematical equations to confirm transactions, mining activities have been banned in some regions in a bid to protect a nation’s energy supply. However, a new form of proposed bitcoin mining shows more promise in reducing emissions compared to wind and solar combined.

En av de mest aktiva vägarna för miljöföroreningar har varit oljeborrning. Under processen produceras naturgas, och eftersom det har varit kostnadseffektivt att utnyttja naturgas för användning, måste tillverkare ofta bränna av den naturgas som produceras på plats.

Through a process called flaring, the natural gas is burned in the air. However, what this does is that it releases tons of C02 into the atmosphere, leading to more emissions. There have been various solutions put forward, such as wind and solar energy, to try to reduce the emissions produced by the process of flaring, but none have been as effective as using the natural gas from bitcoin brytning.

A study from Cross Energy put forward that actually using natural gas for bitcoin mining was more cost-effective and reduced emissions by more than 500% compared to wind and even higher for solar. 

How this works is that the bitcoin mining activity takes place at the site where the natural gas is being produced. It is able to directly take the gas to use as energy for the mining activity, providing more returns and lesser emissions overall.

The Roscoe study found that for every $1,000 investment in a bitcoin mining system using natural gas, emissions were reduced by 6.32 tons of CO2 equivalents. Now, to put this in perspective, wind and solar both reduce emissions by 1.3 and 0.98 CO2 equivalents for the same $1,000 investment. This shows that bitcoin mining using natural gas is not only a better alternative cost-wise, but it is also much better for the environment. 

If the natural gas produced from oil drilling can be directed to bitcoin mining, the process of flaring can be eliminated. Since the gases are burned inside an electrical generator with a controlled environment, the impact on the environment is greatly reduced. Add in the fact that bitcoin mining is location-agnostic and can be set up anywhere, it brings up a recipe for success.

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