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		jqpabc123 on Sept 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Ethereum merge is done He's not saying it is "carbon-negative" --- he's saying it is more efficient and avoids a megaton of carbon that would otherwise have been released.

franky47 on Sept 15, 2022 [–]

In this case "removing" is not the right term, but "avoid emitting". No carbon will be removed in any case, be it PoW or PoS.

danuker on Sept 17, 2022 | [–]

You are correct.

Reminds me of "negative GDP growth", one of the most roundabout ways to say "wealth creation slowdown".

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