Good morning Beehaw it is currently 5:30 am in the morning here in Australia Nov 9 2024.
It may not be morning where you are but it is always morning somewhere on Earth. Plus this chat is more of a vibe. Have you been doing any hobbies lately or discovered a new tv show? Maybe you worked on something and want to share it or you recently found something you are passionate about?

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I’ve heard that argument before, but i struggle with it. I do think regular banking, with all their buildings and people, clerks all the way to central banking, wasting entire lives on it, have a far larger total emissions.

    • Gamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      I guess you would need to factor in the building electricity to keep the lights on etc. Though as far as I know bank transactions don’t involve highly powered machines trying to 1 up each other to solve a transaction resulting in more power being used. Tbh idk how much power that would all total to.

      • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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        8 days ago

        Lighting doesn’t matter me much. Heating is usually the environmentally dominant factor in a building I’ve learned.

        Though as far as I know bank transactions don’t involve highly powered machines trying to 1 up each other

        Instead you’ve thousands of lives being wasted on deciding whether to raise or lower interest rates. A fair comparison would take that into account, too.

        • Gamers_mate@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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          8 days ago

          That makes sense especially since LED lights can save a lot more energy than traditional lights while heating would still be more of a problem. I am not really qualified to talk about interest rates so I cant really comment on that.