[–] 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Does anyone have any suggestions on a router I should buy before this comes into effect? Would prefer one that is open source or can run an open OS.

Can a raspberry pi be used to make a router?

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I provided my thoughts in unpopular opinions. There’s no burden here at all.

    Furthermore, I made an asymptotic limiting behavior argument (e.g., the variable cost is lowest for renewable sources), which quite literally is math https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptotic_analysis

    The variable cost effect of renewable is quite well known, thus there is no real need to cite things, but here is a recent article https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/22/green-power-now-cheaper-than-fossil-fuels-un-reports-show

    I am trying to discuss a clearly unpopular opinion in the fediverse; and am opening to changing my views. Your comments have clearly been well liked by the community but do you think they serve to create a positive community atmosphere? Or should we all strive to live in our own echo chambers?

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    Bitcoin wastes a lot of energy. I agree. It is basically a mechanism to turn energy into something analogous to money.

    However, people do not generally live where there is a lot of potential to generate green energy. Wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear all generally work best far away from heavily populated areas (this is not always the case). Additionally, wind + solar are highly variable.

    Per unit of energy renewable energy will always be more cost effective than fossil fuels in the long run, but there is a high fixed cost at present.

    The more sources that can consume energy in remote areas the more incentives there are to build renewable energy sources.

    Thus cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are a net positive for building green energy sources in the long term.