Comments on: CITY OF MORGANTOWN ~ Data Center in MIP to Emit Pollution, Heat & Noise — Part 4 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2022/03/28/city-of-morgantown-data-center-in-mip-to-emit-pollution-heat-noise-%e2%80%94-part-4/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Don Spencer https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2022/03/28/city-of-morgantown-data-center-in-mip-to-emit-pollution-heat-noise-%e2%80%94-part-4/#comment-422792 Don Spencer Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:57:08 +0000 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=39748#comment-422792 <strong>CONCERN FOR MORGANTOWN AND MON VALLEY</strong> I am having difficulty understanding cryptocurrency. Here is the most intelligible thing that I have found to date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8OlkkwRpc Don Spencer CONCERN FOR MORGANTOWN AND MON VALLEY

I am having difficulty understanding cryptocurrency. Here is the most intelligible thing that I have found to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8OlkkwRpc

Don Spencer

]]> By: Steve Knudsen https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2022/03/28/city-of-morgantown-data-center-in-mip-to-emit-pollution-heat-noise-%e2%80%94-part-4/#comment-421632 Steve Knudsen Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:14:27 +0000 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=39748#comment-421632 <strong>Can Our Climate Survive Bitcoin?</strong> REVEAL PODCASTS, Read the Transcript or Listen to the Recording, March 26, 2022 https://revealnews.org/podcast/can-our-climate-survive-bitcoin/ Bitcoin is hot – and it’s heating up the planet, too. Making bitcoin uses enormous amounts of power. Bitcoin is a novel form of currency that bypasses banks, credit card companies and governments. But as Reveal’s Elizabeth Shogren reports, the process of creating bitcoin is extremely energy intensive, and it’s setting back efforts to address climate change. Already, bitcoin has used enough power to erase all the energy savings from electric cars, according to one study. Still, towns across the United States are scrambling to attract bitcoin-mining operations by selling them power at a deep discount. Bitcoin’s demand for electricity is so great that it’s giving new life to the dirtiest type of power plants: ones that burn coal. In Hardin, Montana, the coal-fired power plant was on the verge of shutting down until bitcoin came to town. The coal that fuels the bitcoin operation is owned by the Crow Nation, so some of the tribe’s leaders support it. But in just one year, the amount of carbon dioxide the plant puts into the air jumped nearly tenfold. Bitcoin’s huge carbon footprint has people asking whether cryptocurrency can go green. Bitcoin advocates say it can switch to renewable energy. Others are instead developing entirely new types of cryptocurrency that are less energy hungry. Guest host Shereen Marisol Meraji talks with Ludwig Siegele, technology editor at The Economist, who gives his assessment of the challenges of making cryptocurrency environmentally friendly. Dig Deeper Below ~ https://revealnews.org/podcast/can-our-climate-survive-bitcoin/ Watch: How Cryptocurrency Works (The New York Times) Read: Bitcoin now negating a decade of progress in deploying electric vehicles (Digiconomist) Read: President Joe Biden’s executive order calling on federal agencies to study cryptocurrency (White House) Can Our Climate Survive Bitcoin?

REVEAL PODCASTS, Read the Transcript or Listen to the Recording, March 26, 2022

https://revealnews.org/podcast/can-our-climate-survive-bitcoin/

Bitcoin is hot – and it’s heating up the planet, too. Making bitcoin uses enormous amounts of power.

Bitcoin is a novel form of currency that bypasses banks, credit card companies and governments. But as Reveal’s Elizabeth Shogren reports, the process of creating bitcoin is extremely energy intensive, and it’s setting back efforts to address climate change. Already, bitcoin has used enough power to erase all the energy savings from electric cars, according to one study. Still, towns across the United States are scrambling to attract bitcoin-mining operations by selling them power at a deep discount.

Bitcoin’s demand for electricity is so great that it’s giving new life to the dirtiest type of power plants: ones that burn coal. In Hardin, Montana, the coal-fired power plant was on the verge of shutting down until bitcoin came to town. The coal that fuels the bitcoin operation is owned by the Crow Nation, so some of the tribe’s leaders support it. But in just one year, the amount of carbon dioxide the plant puts into the air jumped nearly tenfold.

Bitcoin’s huge carbon footprint has people asking whether cryptocurrency can go green. Bitcoin advocates say it can switch to renewable energy. Others are instead developing entirely new types of cryptocurrency that are less energy hungry. Guest host Shereen Marisol Meraji talks with Ludwig Siegele, technology editor at The Economist, who gives his assessment of the challenges of making cryptocurrency environmentally friendly.

Dig Deeper Below ~ https://revealnews.org/podcast/can-our-climate-survive-bitcoin/

Watch: How Cryptocurrency Works (The New York Times)

Read: Bitcoin now negating a decade of progress in deploying electric vehicles (Digiconomist)

Read: President Joe Biden’s executive order calling on federal agencies to study cryptocurrency (White House)

]]> By: City Council https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2022/03/28/city-of-morgantown-data-center-in-mip-to-emit-pollution-heat-noise-%e2%80%94-part-4/#comment-421625 City Council Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:08:10 +0000 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=39748#comment-421625 <strong>MORGANTOWN CITY COUNCIL ~ Committee of the Whole </strong> DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ City Council Chambers On the last Tuesday of each month, the City Council meets as the Committee of the Whole for a workshop meeting to discuss issues and ordinances that will be presented to them in the coming month. All members of the public may view the meeting on Channel 15 and by streaming hosted on the City’s website at: morgantownwv.viebit.com Contact: Christine Wade, City Clerk ~ cwade@morgantownwv.gov MORGANTOWN CITY COUNCIL ~ Committee of the Whole

DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ City Council Chambers

On the last Tuesday of each month, the City Council meets as the Committee of the Whole for a workshop meeting to discuss issues and ordinances that will be presented to them in the coming month.

All members of the public may view the meeting on Channel 15 and by streaming hosted on the City’s website at:

morgantownwv.viebit.com

Contact: Christine Wade, City Clerk ~ cwade@morgantownwv.gov

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