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Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You want a certain amount of humidity to prevent static buildup and increase the cooling ability of air. Water used in cooling is only reused so many times before it's discarded to prevent scale buildup. The article also mentions it includes the water used in power generation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah it counts water that flows into streams that makes no sense