This is another a hit piece on Bitcoin, AND an attempt to force in ESG mandates based on concerns for the environment.
The most jarring part of the article is the table that attributes 70-90+% of the met energy requirements towards fossil fuels, whilst not providing ANY explanation as to how such conclusions were made other than "We pulled it from WattData's analysis for energy usage from March 9", and are provided NO links or references towards the WattData data used. The percentages themselves aren't backed up with references towards WattData. Nothing concrete from NYT themselves that can be used to say "Here's the exact calculations & sources that we used for this data".
Keep in mind that this is the lynchpin for the entire article. If no references are provided for such a a critical part of the article, then such data cannot be used and the random average case must be used instead:
((Daily energy usage of facility, MWh) / (Average Daily Total Power generated by the state, MWh)) * (Generated from fossil fuels, %) * (Total emissions from fossil fuels for the state, MT of CO^2)
The article cites how they've struck deals with the grid operators. So therefore they're just using grid energy and hence using the carbon intensity of the local grid is very reasonable.
The most jarring part of the article is the table that attributes 70-90+% of the met energy requirements towards fossil fuels, whilst not providing ANY explanation as to how such conclusions were made other than "We pulled it from WattData's analysis for energy usage from March 9", and are provided NO links or references towards the WattData data used. The percentages themselves aren't backed up with references towards WattData. Nothing concrete from NYT themselves that can be used to say "Here's the exact calculations & sources that we used for this data".
Keep in mind that this is the lynchpin for the entire article. If no references are provided for such a a critical part of the article, then such data cannot be used and the random average case must be used instead:
((Daily energy usage of facility, MWh) / (Average Daily Total Power generated by the state, MWh)) * (Generated from fossil fuels, %) * (Total emissions from fossil fuels for the state, MT of CO^2)