Crypto requires increased processing power, requiring more energy, producing more waste heat. So, yes, it is a contributing factor to global warming. Crypto is red or black. It isn't green. Whatever the sun does in terms of output (e.g. Maunder minimum) dwarfs this and many other man-made contributing factors, of course. Lloyd Wood http://about.me/lloydwood ________________________________________ From: Randall Gellens [randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 10 April 2014 03:24 To: Wood L Dr (Electronic Eng); randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; elwynd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; agmalis@xxxxxxxxx Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RFC 7168 on The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol for Tea Efflux Appliances (HTCPCP-TEA) At 3:05 AM +0100 4/6/14, <l.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Always boil the water first. This is in line > with best security practice, which attempts > to boil the ocean. So global warming is a security effort? -- Randall Gellens Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only -------------- Randomly selected tag: --------------- It was the first airplane . . . that could make money just by hauling passengers. --C. R. Smith, president of American Airlines, regarding the DC-3. The DC-3 specifications were shaped by AA.