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Legal_Refuse t1_j022m3b wrote

The article doesn't describe anything. Lol

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HotConcrete t1_j02iui4 wrote

The video in the article does. Typically these greenhouses use natural gas to heat them. This greenhouse uses renewable energy to power bitcoin servers then uses the waste heat to heat the greenhouse.

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beardedbrawler t1_j03qh54 wrote

Couldn't they just use renewable energy to power electric heaters? This seems like a stupid solution.

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Blastie2 t1_j03qo0o wrote

It makes sense if you view bitcoin as a solution in search of a problem.

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TheChatIsQuietHere t1_j0b1ez5 wrote

Well bitcoin mining computers are pretty much just electric heaters anyway. It's actually pretty good, because you're using the energy to produce heat anyway, so you might as well get some useful computation out of it as its transformed from electric to thermal

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ShotDate6482 t1_j0288ml wrote

Wow I thought you were exaggerating but it literally doesn't. I kept expecting "So we're installing crypto servers in greenhouses" but no.

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Legal_Refuse t1_j028ert wrote

The only thing that I'm familiar with is they're taking the heat from these mining centers and then pumping water through some pipes to heat up the water to send it back to homes. Of course it says nothing to do with flowers but still.

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