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Bitcoin Could Cost Us Our Clean-Energy Future
FILTHY LUCRE
Simply put, bitcoin is slowing the effort to achieve a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. What’s more, this is just the beginning.
Eric Holthaus
Published
Dec. 9 2017
12:00AM EST
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