A little background:
My close friend of almost 50 years is a self described progressive liberal, whatever the hell that means. He literally tapes his favorite MSNBC shows. If she wasn't gay, he would propose to Rachel Maddow. As you might imagine, we don't discuss politics.
You may wonder why we're still friends. Our friendship transcends politics. He was best man at my wedding.
Why I am posting this is because, about and hour ago, he sent me a text that simply said this:
bitcoin mining uses 2% of the electricity in the US
In the past, when he starts talking about bitcoin, it's usually significant, because it means bitcoin has somehow broken through to his world for a moment. I have no idea where he got this little quote, but I'm sure it's making the rounds. In the past he has been the perfect contrarian indicator.
Just saying.