A group of scientists from the Harvard Public Health School established that the states of New York, Texas, Illinois and Kentukki were the most affected. According to experts, 138 coal and 497 gas power plants operating in different states acted as electricity suppliers for Bitcoin miners.
Reacting to growing demand, power plants increased the generation, which led to an increase in small -dispersed dust emissions. Experts indicated that this type of pollution causes premature mortality and other negative health consequences.
The authors of the study emphasized that residents of areas located far from the data centers were also exposed to the effect of an increased concentration of small-dispersed particles. According to experts, since the completion of the study of the capacity of mining enterprises, most likely increased.
In their opinion, Bitcoin’s extraction consumes a huge amount of electricity produced on fossil fuel, and the efforts to regulate emissions are difficult due to restrictions on the jurisdiction of the state authorities. The solution to the problem may be interference in the fight against air pollution in the regions of federal authorities, researchers believe.
Earlier, Democrats Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman submitted to the US Congress the bill “On a Pure Cloud”, which, in their opinion, should help reduce carbon emissions from mining companies and data centers.
Source: Bits
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