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1 posted on 05/08/2021 3:38:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

You say:

“Warren recently attacked Bitcoin because of some imagined ‘environmental impact’”

NPR says:

“Researchers at Cambridge University estimate that bitcoin mining is actively using over 120 million megawatt hours of energy every year. That’s more electricity than the entire state of Virginia consumed in 2019.”

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/07/994539614/environmental-concerns-arise-over-energy-needed-to-mine-bitcoin


2 posted on 05/08/2021 4:10:03 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Kaslin

“The loan came with a yearly interest rate of 197%. That ballooned her initial $1,250 loan into a total payment of $3,400 that she paid off early last week. Had she not done that, it could have cost her another $2,000.

“It’s a story that plays out constantly in Black and Latino communities.”

https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/09/legislation-could-end-illinois-payday-loan-industry

That article is in reference to a proposed Illinois state law.


3 posted on 05/08/2021 4:18:55 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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