ioRadio #43: Crypto Mining Threatens Upstate New York w/Yvonne Taylor

In today’s episode I chat with Yvonne Taylor of the organization Seneca Lake Guardian – an affiliate of the National Coalition Against Crypto Mining. Yvonne has been battling environmental issues in the Finger Lakes region of New York for many years and recently a refurbished coal power plant has been turned back on and used for crypto mining.

Audio podcast available here: http://podcast.ioradio.org/IOR43.mp3

ioRadio #35: Can Bitcoin Help Renewable Energy?

In this episode, I speak with a solar energy company founder about why he’s into Bitcoin and how he thinks it helps the renewable energy industry. We touch on a number of topics including his argument for a best example of why crypto does something better than existing tech. Do you believe he’s right? Does crypto do something positive for the renewable energy industry?

Alex and I spoke for quite awhile. I ended up slightly editing the conversation taking the end part and inserting it at about the 1:20 mark, and then leaving the second half, which is about 2 hours, as an extra segment for anybody who wants to keep listening.

Part 2 is here: