JUST IN: new academic paper demonstrates that pairing Bitcoin mining with greenhouses can: ✅transform Bitcoin mining's waste heat into a resource for "advancing sustainable food production", while "enhancing food security" amid population growth ✅"reduce reliance on fossil fuels, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance the economic sustainability of food production" ✅ "reduc[e] energy consumption by up to 15%" The paper is the 23rd to demonstrate the positive environmental impacts of Bitcoin mining source: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2007095059963949217 This paper was published in Applied Energy, which is a highly regarded journal in energy engineering, sustainable systems. It has an impact rating of 11.0, consistently ranking in the top tier in its categories source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/applied-energy Paper co-author Cornell Professor Fengqi You is a multiple award winning scientist specializing in the fields of energy systems engineering, optimization, sustainability, digital agriculture, and decarbonization (source: https://www.duffield.cornell.edu/people/fengqi-you/) * Link to full paper in comments(Daniel Batten)