Bitcoin Energy Consumption & Climate Change: Does Bitcoin Use Too Much Energy? [2021]
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2021-04-16

Bitcoin and climate change. Many people say they're concerned about climate change and the energy consumption of bitcoin mining. Watch this video to learn some counter arguments to the claims that bitcoin harms the environment.

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0:00 Hello dear Andreas, People here in MTL are very obsessed by Bitcoin's over-consumption of energy, in regards of climate change. Would I be wrong to answer them that Bitcoin's non-inflationary policy will probably help saving the world?
0:30 Do electric cars harm the environment because they use more energy than gasoline cars?
1:15 It is much easier to regulate energy production than regulate the emissions of a million vehicles
2:06 Bitcoin subsidizes renewable energy
2:45 Regulate energy production 

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