Cryptominer MARA taps US shale patch in new power generation project

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cryptominer-mara-taps-us-shale-patch-power-generation-new-pilot-program-2024-10-08/

MARA's process captures gas that would have been flared, generating carbon credits

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Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Oh that's great. Burning fossil fuels for carbon credits.

LibreHans@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Read the article

Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I read the article. It says they are burning natural gas to make electricity and collecting carbon credits for doing so.

LibreHans@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Do you think there’s something wrong with that?

Fivemil@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y

They are literally fracking

Fivemil@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y

"that would have flared" according to just them