MultiMedia Cafe Episode 64: Mining Bitcoins with Flaring

April 20, 2019June 29, 2019 Jason Spiess

Joe Dancy, Energy Law and Economics, Oil, Gas, Natural Resources, and The University of Oklahoma College of Law Energy Center and visiting professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas talks about using natural gas capturing to mine bitcoins.

He also discusses some current issues with wind and solar energy.

The interview also dives into the ethical argument for oil and gas, citing the empowerment and building of third world countries.

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Jason Spiess

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Jason Spiess is a multimedia journalist, entrepreneur and content consultant. Spiess has over 25 years of media experience in broadcasting, journalism, reporting and principal ownership in media companies. (Over 30 years experience if you count his adolescent years as a newspaper delivery boy learning the importance and logistics of daily distribution and monthly door-to-door bill collecting.) Spiess has worked in the areas of oil and gas, UAS and precision agriculture, health care, cannabis, agriculture, real estate, government affairs and economic development. Spiess is the host of two radio programs, Building the Bakken and Coffee & Capitalism, and three specialty programs, MonDak OilField Review, Corporate Ink and UnStuck, that carry a radio network that spans five states and two countries. Spiess is a North Dakota native and graduated from North Dakota State University.