Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Per capita bottled water consumption

correlates with

Global Bitcoin mining electricity consumption

r = 0.90991% · 2017-2023
Per capita bottled water consumptionGlobal Bitcoin mining electricity consumption

These two datasets have a 91% correlation over 2017-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Per capita bottled water consumptionbottledwater.org
Global Bitcoin mining electricity consumptionccaf.io
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