This article was posted on r/climate in 2017, stating ‘By February 2020, [Bitcoin] will use as much electricity as the entire world does today.’ It’s actually about 1/10000 of that (.12), now in 2022. (138 annual terawatt hours, compared to 113,000 consumed in 2017). (Reddit Bitcoin)
![This article was posted on r/climate in 2017, stating 'By February 2020, [Bitcoin] will use as much electricity as the entire world does today.' It's actually about 1/10000 of that (.12), now in 2022. (138 annual terawatt hours, compared to 113,000 consumed in 2017).](https://external-preview.redd.it/FIhjSWpmugwzmS_wCGJLMJCt64y_VV27_tLfrmZk-bQ.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=970a69d1d3794c92e39d5be529b27ff5b26a063e "This article was posted on r/climate in 2017, stating 'By February 2020, [Bitcoin] will use as much electricity as the entire world does today.' It's actually about 1/10000 of that (.12), now in 2022. (138 annual terawatt hours, compared to 113,000 consumed in 2017).")