#co2 gas

Yup. Mining Bitcoin sure is bad for the planet with an estimated 37 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year.

To put into perspective how much CO2 that is, we’d need to let grow 155 million mature trees for 10 years to suck out the carbon dioxide emissions caused by Bitcoin mining alone for only one year.

Half of all the crypto mining in the world is done in southwest China where power is provided through the burning of coal. The rest aren’t innocent either as most of the world still gets most of its energy from non-renewable sources that emit powerful greenhouse gases.

The fact that crypto mining is so energy intensive combined with the sources of this energy are what makes it a terrible choice for our planet. This could be prevented if renewables were used for meeting the energy demands.

Sources:

https://www.icos-cp.eu/science-and-impact/global-carbon-budget/2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKrCLRnFc6y/?igshid=1ce9kl0wf3ryu

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2015/03/17/power-one-tree-very-air-we-breathe