that , is considering .
On April 8, the country’s published a list of sectors it intends to promote, restrict or eliminate, and was cited as lacking safe production conditions, a waste of resources and extremely harmful to the environment. requires huge amounts of electricity and the companies involved tend to be located in coal-dependent provinces, where the cost of energy is cheaper. It is estimated that the activity generates between three and 15 tons per year of carbon dioxide. has been criticized for its failure to meet environmental goals, but at least in this area the authorities there have taken the right decision.
In so-called , describing them as an unregulated market open to fraud. , although some claim that the measure is , but the huge amount of electricity involved in makes it easy to locate.
’s reasons for banning are easy to understand: . In fact, much of the initial excitement about is waning: , like , are being by , and rather than helping with the exchange of goods or services, , due . Even companies that initially explored them, obtaining patents, such as Bank of America, .
and , while their promise of total security has never been fulfilled, because even to those with .
In their current state, and are promising, but problematic to use. That could change with initiatives such as ’s idea of the in with a , as some have already proposed, , but even this is not entirely clear and would only respond to one of many challenges.
Until these problems are solved, the future of the and remains in doubt and need to be .
Published at Sun, 21 Apr 2019 09:13:17 +0000
