by faster | Jul 3, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC News DATE: July 3, 2019 SNIP: Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows. The tool makes it easier to see how the crypto-currency network’s energy usage compares with other...
by faster | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 11, 2019 SNIP: Carbon emissions from the global energy industry last year rose at the fastest rate in almost a decade after extreme weather and surprise swings in global temperatures stoked extra demand for fossil fuels. BP’s annual...
by faster | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Fortune DATE: March 27, 2019 SNIP: A record-smashing heat wave isn’t just a symptom of climate change—in a way, it’s also contributing to it. Efforts to moderate extreme weather—blasting air conditioning or cranking up the heat—in 2018 were one of the major...
by faster | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: November 12, 2018 SNIP: Increasing demand for home air conditioning driven by global warming, population growth and rising incomes in developing countries could increase the planet’s temperatures an additional half a degree...
by faster | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Nature.com DATE: October 29, 2018 SNIP: Reducing emissions to keep warming below 2 °C is already regarded as a very difficult challenge given the increasing human population and consumption as well as a lack of political will. Then came Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a...