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Cov neeg tsim cai lij choj Asmeskas nug txog EPA, DOE saib xyuas ntawm crypto mining emissions, kev siv hluav taws xob

07/16/2022
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Cov neeg tsim cai lij choj ywj pheej los ntawm ob lub tsev ntawm Tebchaws Meskas Congress tau xa tsab ntawv mus rau Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Cheeb Tsam (EPA) thiab Lub Chaw Haujlwm Hluav Taws Xob (DOE) kom qhia lawv txog lawv qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm kev siv hluav taws xob ntawm cryptocurrency mining thiab thov kom cov koom haum xav kom mining qhia. lawv emissions thiab siv zog. Lub caij no, Paraguayan Senate, lub tsev sab saud ntawm lub teb chaws txoj cai lij choj, tau dhau ib daim ntawv teev tag nrho los tswj cryptocurrency thiab tso cai rau cov miners siv hluav taws xob ntau dhau hauv lub tebchaws. 

Rau US tus tsim cai lij choj, coj los ntawm crypto cynic Elizabeth Warren, sau tseg nyob rau hauv lawv tsab ntawv Lub Xya hli ntuj 15 uas crypto mining hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau nce ntxiv txij li nws tau txwv los ntawm Tuam Tshoj xyoo tas los. Xya lub tuam txhab crypto mining uas tau teb rau cov neeg tsim cai lij choj thov cov ntaub ntawv qhia txog kev muaj peev xwm ntawm 1,045 MW hluav taws xob, uas yog sib npaug rau txhua qhov chaw nyob hauv Houston, TX, lub nroog loj thib plaub hauv lub tebchaws.

Kev siv lub zog ntawm crypto miners yog tsav tus nqi rau lwm tus neeg siv khoom, tsab ntawv thov, hais txog tsoomfwv thiab kev kawm kev kawm thiab tsab ntawv ceeb toom. Nws tau tso tseg cov lus teb rau cov neeg ua haujlwm miners hais txog kev siv hluav taws xob, hais tias, "Cov lus cog tseg no thiab cov lus cog tseg zoo sib xws txog kev siv lub zog huv si tsis pom qhov tseeb yooj yim: Bitcoin miners siv hluav taws xob ntau uas tuaj yeem siv rau lwm qhov tseem ceeb kawg siv uas pab txhawb rau peb cov hluav taws xob thiab. cov hom phiaj kev nyab xeeb. "

Cov ntaub ntawv me me hais txog kev tso tawm los ntawm crypto tsuas yog muaj, tsab ntawv txuas ntxiv, tab sis, "Peb qhov kev tshawb nrhiav pom tias tag nrho US crypto mining kev lag luam yuav muaj teeb meem rau lub zog thiab emissions." Cov kws sau ntawv tau thov kom EPA thiab DOE piav qhia lawv txoj cai los sau cov ntaub ntawv ntawm kev lag luam cryptomining thiab lawv cov phiaj xwm ua li ntawd, hais txog ntau qhov txiaj ntsig ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ntawd:

"Cov ntaub ntawv khaws tseg no yuav ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau pej xeem cov haujlwm, suav nrog kev saib xyuas kev siv hluav taws xob zoo dua thiab cov qauv zoo, cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj zoo dua rau kev tsim txoj cai, txhim kho cov ntaub ntawv rau kev ntsuam xyuas kev txo qis hauv lub tebchaws, muaj peev xwm zoo dua rau kev ntsuam xyuas cov cai tswj kev lag luam, thiab kev ua qauv zoo ntawm lub teb chaws thiab thaj tsam kab sib chaws thauj khoom thiab kev hloov pauv, ntawm lwm lub hom phiaj. "

EPA feem ntau yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov tsim cai lij choj cov lus thov hais txog crypto mining, ob leeg tawm tsam nws thiab nyiam nws. Environmentalists thiab kev lag luam crypto kuj tau hnyav rau hauv.

Thaum Lub Xya Hli 14, Paraguayan Senate tau tshaj tawm tsab cai lij choj ntawm kev tswj hwm cryptocurrency thiab tsuas. Txawm hais tias kev lag luam cryptocurrency tau ntsib kev tawm tsam hauv Paraguay ua ntej, thiab daim nqi ntsib "kev sib cav sib ceg," nws tau muab cov txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev lag luam.

Lub teb chaws National Securities thiab Exchange Commission yuav tsim kev tswj hwm thiab kev tswj xyuas cov txheej txheem rau kev lag luam, uas yuav raug zam los ntawm cov nqi se ntxiv (VAT). Tsis tas li ntawd, crypto miners yuav tau txais kev nkag mus rau lub zog ntau dhau ntawm "tus nqi hluav taws xob tshwj xeeb uas [h] tsis tuaj yeem tshaj 15% siab dua tus nqi lag luam," raws li tweet xov los ntawm daim nqi Senate tus txhawb nqa Fernando Silva Facetti.

Paraguay muaj ntau, tus nqi qis hydro zog ua tsaug rau Itaipu Dam fais fab nroj tsuag ntawm Paraná River, uas Paraguay koom nrog Brazil.