{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"zen\u003c3lofi wrote","author_name":"zen\u003c3lofi (npub19f…r8x97)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub19fpw0xcpwwkunhd52ryer82u5j6a3kppquplfyjhz3xc87d2cths7r8x97","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"Bitcoin mining AND AI data centers produce PM 2.5 - \n\nSources: \n1. Sustainabilityonline.net \n     - Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report, published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School\n\n[ https://sustainabilityonline.net/news/more-than-half-the-energy-used-to-mine-bitcoin-last-year-was-sustainable/%23:~:text%3DMore%2520than%2520half%2520the%2520energy%2520used%2520to%2520mine%2520Bitcoin%2520last%2520year%2520was%2520sustainable,-Editor%25208%2520months%26text%3DMore%2520than%2520half%2520(52.4%2525),by%2520Cambridge%2520University%2520has%2520found.\u0026sa=D\u0026source=editors\u0026ust=1769278395939235\u0026usg=AOvVaw2XDHlrEY_oAsms2MkQtfF4 ]\n\n2. https://spectrum.ieee.org/environmental-impact-of-bitcoin-mining\u0026sa=D\u0026source=editors\u0026ust=1769278395940171\u0026usg=AOvVaw10JTv98ssxtrrdScVN4DND\n\n\n75.4% of bitcoin mines are in the U.S. \n\n52.4% of energy used in 2024 to mine Bitcoin was sustainable (hydropower, wind, nuclear energy) \n\nconclusion: \n47.6% of energy used in 2024 to mine Bitcoin created pollution.  \n\n☠️🚑🚨💸🚭Which is still a lot.  "}