 power company (Sweden’s absolutely largest fossil-free energy producer) just completely rejected the notion—put forth by our financial regulator and environmental protection agency 2 days ago—of bitcoin mining’s wastefulness."

Much more on distributed energy resources, including flexible loads, AKA smart loads, which mining can be:

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Ban Bitcoin mining to save the environment, say Swedish authorities

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Not if they listen to the generators: 

"Lol,  @Vattenfall_Se, Sweden’s own *state-owned* power company (Sweden’s absolutely largest fossil-free energy producer) just completely rejected the notion—put forth by our financial regulator and environmental protection agency 2 days ago—of bitcoin mining’s wastefulness."

https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1457114531314995206

Much more on distributed energy resources, including flexible loads, AKA smart loads, which mining can be:

https://castleisland.libsyn.com/james-mcginniss-david-energy-on-mining-as-a-load-resource-ep262