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"Neighbors Accuse Bitcoin Mining Facility of Warming Up Entire Lake"
"The lake is so warm you feel like you're in a hot tub."
https://futurism.com/bitcoin-min…
"A retired gas-fired power plant was converted into a Bitcoin-mining facility in the Finger Lakes region of New York state — and NBC reports that neighbors say it’s pumping serious amounts of heat into the lake’s waters.
“The lake is so warm you feel like you’re in a hot tub,” Abi Buddington, who loves close to the plant, told the outlet.
The plant is taking in and pumping out over 100 million gallons of water every day, some of which can reach 108 degrees Fahrenheit.
For a year and a half, Greenidge Generation LLC, owned by private equity firm Atlas Holdings, \has been using the gas-fired plant to mine bitcoins, an energy-intensive process. Not only is it endangering local ecosystems, critics say, but it’s also pumping a ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as well."