Highly Recommended Reading: Wind Energy Used To Mine Cryptocurrency To Fund Climate Research | CleanTechnica
(cleantechnica.com)
Cynthia Shahan
Sometimes things have to get worse
before they change for the better. A fever is an example. To a certain
point, fever rises to an intense degree to chase out the pathogens of
the common flu.
However, if the heat hits a certain point, it injures
more than it helps. Climate change has already reached (passed) a
life-threatening stage. It is plain that the beginnings of pollution and climate change
trouble came with our “modern” industrial age. Yet, modern research and
technology are also key to returning to a stable climate and clean air.
I’m disappointed that everyone has not watched Chasing Ice to
better understand where we are headed with that. It is a brilliant
intersection of documentary, science, climate change, adventure, and
art/film. It is also a way to personalize climate science and help bring
more support to this critical area of research.
Another way to bring more attention and
funding to climate science is by using renewable energy to “uncover”
cryptocurrency. Say what?
Julian Oliver, who used wind energy “to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate research,” explains further after the artistic picture.
“HARVEST
is a work of critical engineering and computational climate art. It
uses wind-energy to mine cryptocurrency, the earnings of which are used
as a source of funding for climate-change research.
“Taking the form of a
2m wind turbine with environmental sensors, weatherproof computer, and
4G uplink, HARVEST ‘feeds’ from two primary symptoms of our changing
climate: wind gusts and storms.
It does this by transforming wind energy
into the electricity required to meet the demanding task of mining
cryptocurrency (here Zcash), a decentralized process where computers are
financially rewarded for their work maintaining and verifying a public
transaction ledger known as the blockchain.
Rather than filling the
digital wallet of the artist, all rewards earned by the HARVEST mining
machine are paid out as donations to non-profit climate change research
organizations such that they can better study this planetary-scale
challenge.”
“HARVEST was commissioned by the Konstmuseet i
Skövde an exhibition of which was designed and launched on the 14th of
September, 2017, running for two months in the museum.
The exhibition
comprises a live feed directly from the miner, conveying data relevant
to the mining process. This data was visualized by Christopher Pietsch and
can be seen in the two projections in the exhibition. Chris has kindly
provided a public version of his work on this project here.“
The project hopes to inspire many
similar projects.
“Acting as a fully functional prototype beyond a
media-art context, it is envisaged hundreds of such HARVEST nodes could
be deployed in the windiest parts of the world, together generating
large sums of supplementary funding for climate-change NGOs in a time
where climate science itself is under siege from the fossil-fuelled
interests of governments and corporations.”
Tags: art, climate science, harvest
Cynthia Shahan
Cynthia Shahan is an organic farmer, licensed AP, anthropologist, and
mother of four unconditionally loving spirits, teachers, and
environmentally conscious beings who have lit the way for me for
decades.
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Sometimes things have to get worse
before they change for the better. A fever is an example. To a certain
point, fever rises to an intense degree to chase out the pathogens of
the common flu.
However, if the heat hits a certain point, it injures
more than it helps. Climate change has already reached (passed) a
life-threatening stage. It is plain that the beginnings of pollution and climate change
trouble came with our “modern” industrial age. Yet, modern research and
technology are also key to returning to a stable climate and clean air.
I’m disappointed that everyone has not watched Chasing Ice to
better understand where we are headed with that. It is a brilliant
intersection of documentary, science, climate change, adventure, and
art/film. It is also a way to personalize climate science and help bring
more support to this critical area of research.
Another way to bring more attention and
funding to climate science is by using renewable energy to “uncover”
cryptocurrency. Say what?
Julian Oliver, who used wind energy “to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate research,” explains further after the artistic picture.
“HARVEST
is a work of critical engineering and computational climate art. It
uses wind-energy to mine cryptocurrency, the earnings of which are used
as a source of funding for climate-change research.
“Taking the form of a
2m wind turbine with environmental sensors, weatherproof computer, and
4G uplink, HARVEST ‘feeds’ from two primary symptoms of our changing
climate: wind gusts and storms.
It does this by transforming wind energy
into the electricity required to meet the demanding task of mining
cryptocurrency (here Zcash), a decentralized process where computers are
financially rewarded for their work maintaining and verifying a public
transaction ledger known as the blockchain.
Rather than filling the
digital wallet of the artist, all rewards earned by the HARVEST mining
machine are paid out as donations to non-profit climate change research
organizations such that they can better study this planetary-scale
challenge.”
“HARVEST was commissioned by the Konstmuseet i
Skövde an exhibition of which was designed and launched on the 14th of
September, 2017, running for two months in the museum.
The exhibition
comprises a live feed directly from the miner, conveying data relevant
to the mining process. This data was visualized by Christopher Pietsch and
can be seen in the two projections in the exhibition. Chris has kindly
provided a public version of his work on this project here.“
The project hopes to inspire many
similar projects.
“Acting as a fully functional prototype beyond a
media-art context, it is envisaged hundreds of such HARVEST nodes could
be deployed in the windiest parts of the world, together generating
large sums of supplementary funding for climate-change NGOs in a time
where climate science itself is under siege from the fossil-fuelled
interests of governments and corporations.”
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Tags: art, climate science, harvest
About the Author
Cynthia Shahan
Cynthia Shahan is an organic farmer, licensed AP, anthropologist, and
mother of four unconditionally loving spirits, teachers, and
environmentally conscious beings who have lit the way for me for
decades.
Help friends or someone you care about discover blockchain and
cryptocurrencies, by simply sharing this page. Don't keep it to
yourself.....share Blockchain Company (BC).
Did You Know About This?
You can curate a Personal Blockchain Page right here on Blockchain Company ( BC ) like these 2 great user examples here:
http://www.blockchaincompany.info/Paula
http://www.blockchaincompany.info/Francisco
Show
your blockchain page off to your employer, colleagues and friends. It
demonstrates your professional awareness and competency of this
revolutionary paradigm changing the world. It's free if you are a
consumer user. Just Create your Account here in less than 3 mins!
Or
Click Create Account above in the upper right corner. Instructions how
to curate your blockchain page from information you discover on BC, is
sent in your email after you sign up.
You might be able to capture your ' first name " unique url for your blockchain page too! Like : http://www.blockchaincompany.info/robert
You
may be entitled to cryptocurrency tokens, offers and discounts at any
time in the future once you are a user on our platform.