Australian Regulators Mull Deal rau Lub Zog Bitcoin Mines los ntawm Gas Fracking

Lub tuam txhab Australian lub zog thiab cov peev txheej Black Mountain Energy tau nkag mus rau hauv kev cog lus nrog US lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob siv roj los ntawm fracking mus rau lub zog. Bitcoin servers.

Txoj kev pib yuav siv cov roj emissions los ntawm lub qhov dej, qhov chaw xaus ntawm lub qhov dej, thiab coj lawv mus rau lub tshuab hluav taws xob hloov mus rau hluav taws xob. Qhov hluav taws xob no yuav ua rau lub zog Bitcoin mining ASICs.

Black Mountain's CEO Rhett Bennett hais tias qhov hluav taws kub stranded gas ua rau ib puag ncig tus nqi siab, tsis sib haum nrog ib puag ncig thiab kev tswj hwm lub hom phiaj. Hlawv cov roj flared los ntawm lub taub hau emissions tshuaj lom xws li methane thiab sulfur dioxide.

Nws yog qhov zoo dua, hauv nws qhov kev xav, los tsim cov khoom lag luam xws li Bitcoin nrog lub zog txaus thiab txo cov methane emissions los ntawm 63%.

Dub roob yog pheej sib ceg nrog Wyoming-based Highwire Energy Partners LLC los muab tsib terajoules ntawm cov pa roj hloov mus rau 25 megawatts hluav taws xob rau Bitcoin mining ASICs. Highwire, xyoo 2021, yuav 40 lub qhov dej nkev hauv South Dakota rau mining Bitcoins thiab ua haujlwm zoo sib xws ntawm ntau qhov chaw hauv Wyoming, xauj tawm cov tshuab hluav taws xob los ntawm peb tog.

Environmental pushback rau fracking

Black Mountain's Valhalla Project fracking site hauv Canning Basin, Kimberley, Western Australia, tseem tab tom tos kev pom zoo los ntawm Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig, uas tsuas yog cia siab tias yuav ua tiav nws daim ntawv tshaj tawm thaum lossis tom qab lub Peb Hlis 2023.

Qhov kev txiav txim zaum kawg ntawm seb puas yuav tso cai rau txoj haujlwm no lossis tsis yog los ntawm Minister of Environment. Yog tias pom zoo, 20 lub qhov dej tshawb nrhiav yuav raug tho.

Cov neeg tawm tsam hauv cheeb tsam sib cav hais tias qhov project yuav yog qhov pib ntawm kev lag luam ntawm Kimberley cheeb tsam, ntseeg tias yog qhov loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv savanna nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no thiab tias huab cua kub tuaj yeem tsim teeb meem txias rau Bitcoin ASICs, hem cov txiaj ntsig ib puag ncig.

Lwm cov neeg thuam hais tias Bitcoin miners tab tom nrhiav kev lag luam hauv Australia yuav tsum raug yuam kom siv cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tauj dua tshiab.

Puas yog stranded gas ncua kev hloov ntawm fossil fuels?

Hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, ExxonMobil tau koom tes nrog Crusoe Energy Systems los sim ib txoj haujlwm zoo sib xws hauv North Dakota. Crusoe Zog tshwj xeeb nyob rau hauv pipelining stranded natural gas rau hauv generators.

lub tuam txhab tau lees paub tias combusting natural gas hauv lub tshuab hluav taws xob tsis tshem tawm methane emissions. Hloov chaw, nws tsis ua mob rau ib puag ncig ntau dua li hlawv nws hauv qhov chaw qhib.

Xyoo tas los, Texas Senator Ted Cruz tau hais kom siv cov pa roj carbon monoxide raug ntes ntawm qhov chaw rau kuv Bitcoin. Cov neeg thuam hais Qhov kev coj ua no txhawb kom cov tuam txhab txuas ntxiv drilling es tsis txhob saib cov fossil fuels.

Qhov thib peb-loj tshaj plaws roj tsim nyob rau hauv Russia, Gazprom Neft, tsis ntev los no tshaj tawm kev koom tes nrog BitRiver, Russia tus loj tshaj plaws co-qhov chaw mining muab kev pab cuam, los tsim mining cov ntaub ntawv chaw nyob rau hauv nws cov roj teb uas siv lub zog los ntawm flared natural gas.

Disclaimer

Txhua yam ntaub ntawv muaj nyob hauv peb lub vev xaib raug tshaj tawm hauv kev ntseeg zoo thiab rau cov ncauj lus dav dav xwb. Txhua yam kev ua txhaum ntawm tus nyeem ntawv yuav siv raws li cov xov xwm pom ntawm peb lub vev xaib yog nruj ntawm lawv tus kheej txoj kev pheej hmoo.

Tau qhov twg los: https://beincrypto.com/australian-regulators-mull-deal-to-power-bitcoin-mines-from-gas-fracking/