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+### Alex de Vries, Bitcoin Sunstainability Researcher, Founder of Digiconomist
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+Bitcoin electronic waste generation is at 10.324 kilotonnes per year 
+(comparable to a country like Luxembourg) - see bitcoinelectronicwaste.com 
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+A footprint of 91.2 grams per unique transaction 
+(equal to the weight of 1.4 'C'-size batteries or 2 golf balls). 
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+The latest Bitcoin energy consumption index is 77.782 TWh per year 
+(comparable to a country like Chile) - see bitcoinenergyconsumption.com
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+The energy footprint per unique transaction is 690.8 kWh (enough to power 1 U.S. household for 23.7 days) 
+
+> Austrian Maximalists comments:
+>  Bitcoin will drive a renewable energy revolution.
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+  §
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+Bitcoin's TWh usage results in a carbon footprint of 36.95 MtCO2 
+(comparable to a country like New Zealand) - see bitcoinenergyconsumption.com
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+The carbon footprint per unique transaction is 327.50 kgCO2 (equivalent to 725,861 VISA transactions) 
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+  §
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+Note that the share of fossil fuel based energy has been on the rise this year 
+due to the growing popularity of countries like Kazakhstan. 
+This is only expected to rise further: Reuters News -  
+Kazakhstan in talks on $700 million in cryptocurrency mining projects
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+Find more in [**`Alex_de_Vries.yml` »**](Alex_de_Vries.yml)
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 ### Patrick McKenzie, Recovering Japanese Salaryman 
 
 A friend of mine, who works in finance, asked me to explain what Tether was.