Great post and totally agree, this is where home mining is a no-brainier: use it as an electric heater! Next stop is to throw in some PV panels for a truly future-friendly decentralised vision of Bitcoin
That'd be pretty cool. Though, I live in Canada and I doubt I could get enough solar energy in winter to make this worthwhile. There is potential for micro hydro, but running the $$$ numbers/watt, and the potential sound disturbance kills that idea for me.
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