has anyone covering the Wall Street GME reaping and sowing gone into the fact that a lot of the GameStop and directly associated trades have been largely amplified by social listening powered mega firms doing machine learning automated trades because the “idea” of GME is popular?
More from Economy
(Article Thread)
All in one convenient location to access.
https://t.co/TuyltZTyW0
True State of the Nation
— Secret SoSHHiety (@SouledOutWorld) December 19, 2020
You think you know what's coming... but you don't...https://t.co/MVoIuxgaWX pic.twitter.com/DtF2Q53HrT
https://t.co/XJJRvpLRQE
Truth About Antarctica
— Secret SoSHHiety (@SouledOutWorld) December 19, 2020
Why? Scalar EM Antennas are kept at Antarctica; Scalar EM weaponry is the anonymous weapon to be used by the White Horse of Rev 6.https://t.co/7CDzmQfLSX pic.twitter.com/0400oCN8io
https://t.co/NeeFCfMkP2
The Finger (fuck you/fuck the world)
— Secret SoSHHiety (@SouledOutWorld) December 18, 2020
The middle finger is the Saturn finger.https://t.co/BsrsBE3f5h pic.twitter.com/ZJqZll8lU1
https://t.co/yFtbIgqzzm
Bread and Circuses
— Secret SoSHHiety (@SouledOutWorld) December 18, 2020
Bring in the clowns & the fast food...https://t.co/SZAlfkqTI3 pic.twitter.com/gLys0mNMIq
The first thing to understand is that energy is not globally fungible. Electricity decays as it leaves its point of origin; it’s expensive to transport. There is a huge excess (hydro) in many areas.
Let's discuss the environmental cost of bitcoin. Because despite all the push for sustainable and green investment in the tech sector, there's a giant smoldering Chernobyl sitting at the heart of Silicon Valley which a lot of investors would prefer you remain quiet about. \U0001f9f5 (1/)
— Stephen Diehl (@smdiehl) January 17, 2021
In other words, it can also be variable. It's estimated that in Sichuan there is twice as much electricity produced as is needed during the rainy season. Indeed, there is seasonality to how Bitcoin mining works. You can see here:
Bitcoin EXPORTS energy in this scenario. Fun fact, most industrial nations would steer this excess capacity towards refining aluminum by melting bauxite ore, which is very energy intensive.
You wouldn't argue that we are producing *too much* electricity from renewables, right?
"But what about the carbon footprint! ITS HUGE!"
Many previous estimates have quite faulty methods and don't take into account the actual energy sources. Is it fair to put a GHG equivalent on hydro or solar power? That would seem a bit disingenuous, no?
Well that's exactly what some have done.