Now that a bitcoin mining firm is now using cleaner energy sources, can people stop complaining about how PoW tokens are bad for the environment?
Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG), a crypto mining company in Pennsylvania, turns waste from old power plants into energy to power hundreds of Bitcoin mining rigs. I wonder what naysayers will say about Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies, trading platforms, and copy trading platforms like Coinbase, Binance, Tycoon, KuCoin and so on. What will naysayers complain about this time?
The company collects coal waste, a residual waste from the coal mining process, and burns it in what it says is a controlled-emissions environment at its power generation facilities.
Coal waste can cause a range of environmental problems, such as water and air pollution, and acid mine drainage, the acidic water that comes from coal mining operations. Collecting this waste and disposing of it safely while generating energy for crypto mining is a productive way to solve the problem.
The state of Pennsylvania is the third largest coal producer in the United States, with an estimated 881 pounds of coal wasted per 2,200 pounds mined, or 400 kilograms per ton. Stronghold estimates that Pennsylvania alone has over 220 million tons of harmful waste.