Network’s estimated power use also exceeds that of 19 other European countries, consuming more than five times output of continent’s largest windfarm
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The Guardian: Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity a year than Ireland
Austerity
Desmond Cohen – Not in it together: the distributional impact of austerity
Are people being taxed fairly? Not in Britain. New data reveals how the tax and benefit changes made since 2010 have disproportionately fallen on the poorest, ethnic minorities, women, children and the disabled. Read here
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: Bulgaria – An Assisted EU Council Presidency
Bulgaria an EU puppet state? The model is familiar: oligarchs running the state, mass poverty, cheap labour for Western Europe. Read here
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis: Merkel’s Comeuppance is Europe’s – and the World’s – Misfortune
Yanis Varoufakis is right, he predicted the results of Germany’s austerity policy years ago. But the Germans, with their typical hubris, did not listen. They know better. If you are wondering why the EU’s political […]
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