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kleinbl00  ·  1836 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: China wants to ban bitcoin mining

I love the insanity on this one. They have an 8-year-old list of things that are bad for the environment. They added things to the list.

here's the list.

I speak no Mandarin. But I have a Google Translate. So I grab things at random.

    Non-sintered, non-autoclaved fly ash brick production line

Yeah, let's ban the shit out of that.

    Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as aerosols, propellants, propellants or fractions

    Production process of pharmaceutical products for powders (according to the national plan for the implementation of international conventions)

    Tubular lead storage battery dry filling process

...also bad. I think we can all agree that China should ban CFCs. But they're not about to even though the rest of the world has. So really - in the long list of "things the Chinese wish they could do without" frickin' non-sintered fly ash bricks is something they haven't gotten rid of in ten years and bitcoin farms won't be either. Hey, internet - got a crazy take on this?

    China threatens to ban bitcoin mining

Ahhh, MarketWatch.