>>13647572 (pb) "Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin. We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel
Bitcoin Could Churn Out 130 Million Tons Of Carbon, Undermining Climate Action. Here’s One Way To Tackle That a Chinese study has found. By 2024, mining of the cryptocurrency in China alone could use as much power as the entire nation of Italy uses in a year, with greenhouse gas emissions equalling those of the Czech Republic.
China carries out at least 65% of the world’s bitcoin operations.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/04/06/bitcoin-could-churn-out-130-million-tons-of-carbon-undermining-climate-action-heres-one-way-to-tackle-that/