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\nHow bitcoin is reviving fossil fuel plants | It's Complicated\n

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\nBitcoin requires vast amounts of electricity to facilitate its transactions around the globe. More than twice the energy usage per year of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon combined. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ►...\nBitcoin requires vast amounts of electricity to facilitate its transactions around the globe. More than twice the energy usage per year of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon combined. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► This demand has led cryptocurrency mining companies to seek out the cheapest electricity possible, and it doesn't get much cheaper than coal. New bitcoin server farms are popping up across the US next to old power plants, many which had all but discontinued operations. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how these dying fossil fuel plants have been been revived in the name of cryptocurrency It's Complicated ► Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant – then CO2 emissions soared ► Bitcoin’s energy usage is huge – we can't afford to ignore it ► Everything you wanted to know about bitcoin but were afraid to ask ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► Website ► Facebook ► Twitter ► Instagram ► The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► Guardian Australia ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Live ► #Bitcoin #BitcoinMiner #BitcoinMining #BitcoinExplained #itscomplicated #crypto #cryptocurrency #guardian #climatechange #fossilfuels\n
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