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Why Bitcoin Mining is Indispensable Climate Action
Yes, you read the headline correctly. A lot has changed since 2021 (better research, better data, and the greening of Bitcoin mining itself). In fact, this thesis is now supported by the scientific consensus...
How Ideologically-Driven Environmental NGOs Have Hindered the Phase-Out of Gas Peaker Plants
Gas peaker plants, which fire up during periods of high electricity demand, are a critical yet environmentally damaging component of many energy grids. These plants emit significant amounts of CO2, nitrogen...
How Activist NGOs Have Unintentionally STALLED Progress TOWARDS Ending Gas Flaring
The World Bank set an ambitious goal: eliminate nearly all gas flaring by 2030. Flaring, the burning of excess natural gas during oil extraction, is a major environmental problem, releasing millions of...
OrangePilling The Early Majority
A detailed guide I believe that the most important action that Bitcoiners can take, which is not currently being taken with enough focus/skill, is to improve the way we communicate the value of...
Bitcoin, Maya and Self Sovereignty
The English word “measure” comes from the Sanskrit word “maya”. Maya refers to illusion, but also the measurable world. Bitcoin is perhaps the most important freedom technology...
The Implementation AGE?
One of the paradoxes I noticed about us humans over the last 15 years coaching humans – and being coached myself – is that we live in this information age, yet “lack of information”...
Bitcoin "Crossing the Chasm" and the DEATH OF ENERGY MISINFORMATION
I am an impact investor, more recently specializing in climatetech. Before that I was I ran a technology company. These experiences gave me some insights into the challenges that all new technologies...
Why the "Per Transaction" way of measuring Bitcoin energy use is objectively wrong, and why it matters
On May 2018 Alex de Vries wrote a 5 page commentary called Bitcoin’s Growing Energy Problem The word commentary is important. According to Nature commentaries are shorter, have a lighter review...
The Biggest Blindspot in the Environmental Movement?
Saul Griffith argues that achieving a renewable energy transition will require more energy in the short term. He emphasizes the need for a substantial increase in energy production to support the electrification...
The Increasing Volume of Media Reporting on Bitcoin mining noise - a critical view
There has been a lot of attention lately to the subject of Bitcoin mining and noise, with Granbury Texas grabbing the headlines of late. I decided to ask “Is the media reporting on the Granbury Town in...
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