I loved this post, I never really realized or though about the idea behind how much energy it does take to make everything run. I mean wouldn't it still be environmentally friendly if someone had solar panels in their home or location from where they mine? Resteemed and Upvoted Loved this content.
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Ultimately, even the alternatively-produced terawatts of power incur some operational cost, even if they're "totally free"- it can be minimized by using the mining gear to hear water or air for space-heating, or otherwise capturing waste ergs, but it's still an actual realtime cost, in every situation. More efficient mining (or entirely different modes of value creation, such as what we're doing here on Steemit) will still represent an energy cost- it behooves us to work to create such value with an eye to efficiently using our finite resources.