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In reply to the discussion: Growing number struggle to pay bills as Trump faces cost of living pressure [View all]

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10. Data centers - most people think of AI, but cryptocurrency mining is a considerable factor too
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Tue Nov 18, 2025, 02:54 PM
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https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/investing/article/what-is-bitcoin-130000730.html

A single [Bitcoin] transaction can use more electricity than the average U.S. household consumes in about 38 days. (So just one single freaking transaction "can" use more than the amount of electricity that an average household uses in a month and then some).

Bitcoin mining uses as much electricity as entire nations such as Argentina, Finland, The Netherlands, and Thailand.

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/881472/worldwide-bitcoin-energy-consumption
Nearly 200 TWH/year globally

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Growing number struggle to pay bills as Trump faces cost of living pressure [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP
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Exactly. Higher grocery prices? B.See Monday #3
More discussion at this earlier LBN story. EDIT: OOPS, not an LBN story, it's a GD story, Sorry progree Tuesday #4
Data centres don't 'share the blame'! Aussie105 Tuesday #5
I literally heard a story on my local news radio this morning about residents pushing back against a proposed datacenter BumRushDaShow Tuesday #8
Data centers - most people think of AI, but cryptocurrency mining is a considerable factor too progree Tuesday #10
Locking LBN dupe. Lasher Tuesday #6
Your link is to a thread in General Discussion BumRushDaShow Tuesday #7
You are right. Lasher Tuesday #9
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