The argument about energy consumption of Bitcoin - well it is still significantly less than that of mining gold per year - and then there are all the other environmental issues associated, like the chemicals used and the literal cutting into the earth etc.
Not that I want to be a part of this argument but one needs to do the same things in order to create components necessary to do something like mine bitcoin; and spend hours yearly consuming and creating content talking about saving the planet. Even the simple act of saying something is bad for the environment and having billions hear the message is hard on the planet, sucks up plenty of energy and resources.
And as for the rest of this psychotic crypto market stuff and how it applies to Hive... I just look forward to the day people notice the products offered on Hive appeal to a much broader spectrum, and there's no need to be so tied down or held back by whatever the hell the rest of the cryptosphere is doing.
Not sure if you saw the comment from Arcange the other day on energy consumption of a Hive node - he has three different ones running on the same power as an 80W lightbulb. Which also ties in with other things happening on Hive - they are doing here what they would do other places anyway and generating value.
Most arguments are looked at from a narrow perspective and are invalid, if all views are applied.
I'm not complaining about energy consumption. What I'm saying is they killed a lot of trees in order to create books, papers, and magazines all telling us to not kill trees. As people are complaining about fossil fuels online, they're holding something that can't be produced without fossil fuels. Do you know how much went into building this laptop in order for me to find out just know Arcange is doing a fine job? It boils all the way down to the fuel burned to produce the food that fed the trucker, and way beyond that. Someone wants to build alternative fuel and energy sources, like wind or solar, well good luck producing that stuff out of thin air. Just watched a train go by the other day. Each car could only hold one half of the future wind turbine propeller. Millions reading a Musk tweet about something using too much energy burned up a lot of energy.
Yeah, I got this. It is just the way of the world we live in. People stay narrow and they do not reflect. I recycle and repurpose, but I also drive a car and buy Nikes. The way social media is set up is that there is no need for consistency as an individual can pick purely on a single point and then move on with their day - not even having to show their face.
But that face is humanity and I can still see it. I do my best, too. The other day one of those larger bees was doing little circles in the dog water outside. I walked past, it registered, I stopped, turned around, grabbed a little twig and helped it out of there. Meanwhile, Mr. It's the End of the World Because All the Bees are Dying! took a road trip, there's bee guts all over the car, and no fucks given. This is how people are.
"What's the difference between me and you? You talk a good one but you don't do what you supposed to do"
LOL! Not sure why that song came to mind, but it did.
You are saving the world, one bee at a time.
I like that song.
I saved that bee. And I've wiped out entire populations of wasps, simply because I didn't like where they built their home, all while they're a predator in the insect world and typically take care of other things I don't like. I've shot countless sparrows on the farm because they shit everywhere, acting like tree rats, and I think it's cute how the cats gather round and wait patiently for these things to pinball out of the tree branches and hit the ground. I'm 100% sure being the first cat to get the bird before it hits the ground is no different than organized sports to them. And just look how much energy I saved by not giving them a dish full of that cat kibble, even though the BB's don't make themselves. Don't even get me started on farming. As soon as someone complains and says organic is the way to go (especially in seed crops) I can prove from experience exactly how wasteful and hard on the environment that is. Meanwhile it seems like so many think food grows in the backroom of a grocery store or directly on shelves. Even packaging something like oatmeal or flour with something that says ORGANIC and has snazzy pictures of a healthy world on it requires a massive factory I once worked in when I was a kid. Point is people acting like saviors of humanity are typically ill-informed and full of shit.