Life, Liberty, and Property with Lisa Hough (WiM292)
The "What is Money?" Show
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The Effect of Bitcoin Mining on Wind Turbine Efficiency
There are times when energy producers are paying counter parties to sell their power to them. Bitcoin could be buying that instead. You definitely if you run a power plant, you definitely have people that are technically skilled and can figure out how to plug these computers in. In fact, this has been researched. I'm in touch with a young guy who doesn't work in Bitcoin, it wants to come work in Bitcoin. He he did a really academic study on the effect Bitcoin mining could have on wind turbine efficiency because turning them off and turning them back on is much better from a maintenance perspective.
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