Bitcoin uses less energy than clothes dryers, yet you don't see all these disingenuous hypocrites talking about how they can Save The Planet™ by simply hanging up their clothes and waiting a bit longer; they wouldn't dare subject themselves to the indignity of mild inconvenience
(reposting the math here, for ref)

- There are 130M US households
- An avg household uses 12000 KWh / yr (EPA)
- Dryers are 6% of household energy consumption (EPA), which = 720 KWh / yr
- 720 KWh * 130M = 93.6 TWh
- Bitcoin uses 70-120 TWh (estimates vary)

^ that's just the US
Be sure to notice this calculation was only the energy consumption of clothes dryers for US households. Total worldwide clothes dryer energy consumption is ~3-4 times greater than the 93.6 TWh US-only figure above.
Here's another comparison: the avg TV eats 220 KWh/yr *while turned off* and the avg laptop eats 230 KWh/yr if you *leave it plugged in when fully charged*, meaning people consume 3x more energy than Bitcoin b/c they're too lazy to unplug things that are *literally doing nothing*
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