Crypto requires increased processing power, requiring more energy, producing
more waste heat.
So, yes, it is a contributing factor to global warming. Crypto is red or black.
It isn't green.
Whatever the sun does in terms of output (e.g. Maunder minimum) dwarfs this and
many other man-made contributing factors, of course.
Lloyd Wood
http://about.me/lloydwood
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From: Randall Gellens [randy(_at_)qti(_dot_)qualcomm(_dot_)com]
Sent: 10 April 2014 03:24
To: Wood L Dr (Electronic Eng); randy(_at_)qti(_dot_)qualcomm(_dot_)com;
elwynd(_at_)dial(_dot_)pipex(_dot_)com; agmalis(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: RE: RFC 7168 on The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol for Tea
Efflux Appliances (HTCPCP-TEA)
At 3:05 AM +0100 4/6/14, <l(_dot_)wood(_at_)surrey(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk> wrote:
Always boil the water first. This is in line
with best security practice, which attempts
to boil the ocean.
So global warming is a security effort?
--
Randall Gellens
Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only
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