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		qw3rty01 on Sept 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Engineers are developing new ways to convert green... They do mention it, just not directly: > Right now we have excess green energy that we just throw away. We can store this excess renewable energy in chemicals. The idea is that it can be used to store excess energy from green sources

brokensegue on Sept 24, 2021 [–]

unless we price carbon high enough this excess energy is just going to get burnt into bitcoin

epistasis on Sept 24, 2021 | [–]

Depends on the relative value of mining and fuel manufacturing.

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