Will industrial-scale bitcoin mining impact the environment?
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The opportunity to make big money is attracting huge investments to industrial-scale bitcoin mining, with thousands of supercomputer mining machines and enormous energy demand – so much energy that some companies are using power plants to fuel their operations.
Critics fear that may have significant environmental consequences, reports CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli.
Yvonne Taylor's family has lived along the shores of Seneca Lake, an idyllic spot nestled in New York's picturesque Finger Lakes region, for seven generations.
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