RE: Bitcoin Mining is Gobbling Up the World's Power

Before passing judgement on a system designed to protect data, I would like to offer a few industrial benchmarks to ponder:

1. Military Industrial Complex
2. Government Waste
3. Google & Facebook Data Centers
4. NSA power use
5. Disposable batteries

This is a technology in infancy. Before throwing out the baby with the bathwater, perhaps putting a frame of reference to accompany the numbers is needed.