British government survey shows that 45% of the British would ban cryptocurrencies for environmental reasons -

Shortly before the United Nations (UN) (COP-26) climate conference (COP-26), the British government asked 3,071 adults from Great Britain to ask them about cryptocurrencies and the effects of the crypto industry on climate change. According to the survey, 45% of the British would support the ban on crypto assets for environmental reasons and 18% would reject a ban. Although 45% of the respondents would forbid crypto-assets, very few respondents think that a ban would be effective.

45% of the British adults surveyed would prohibit crypto assets from concerns regarding climate change

This week, climate change was more current than usual due to the COP-26 event in Glasgow. The COP-26 is basically a conference of the United Nations, on which global participants discuss solutions to contain climate change. Members of political parties that participate usually make national commitments to combat the so -called climate crisis. During this year's cop-26 the British government decided, survey 3,071 British Before the event began to obtain opinions about climate change and cryptocurrencies.

The researchers of the survey find that the “environmental impact of cryptocurrencies are well documented”, although there are such Large deviations with the data that show the effects. "A new YouGov survey that deals with the support of various measures shows that the British tend to support the ban on cryptocurrencies for environmental reasons," said the researchers in detail. "By 45% to 18%, British say that they would support the ban on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to combat climate change, including 29% that would 'support him'."

young adults are rather inclined to support the ban on cryptos - much fewer people believe that a ban would be effective

Age played a key factor in the YouGov survey, since the youngest adults tend to support the ban on crypto-assets for environmental reasons. While men and women had about the same number of people who were ready to ban cryptocurrencies, men are twice as often (25% vs. 12%). "Women rather answered 'white' on this topic (45% vs. 28%)," said the YouGov researchers. Older adults decided to ban crypto-assets due to climate change.

The most interesting part of the survey is that during 45 % of the British respondents said they would support a ban, but fewer people agreed that a ban would be effective. Despite the mob mentality to ban cryptos, the survey participants from YouGov show that prohibition mandates "British are doubtful" would actually work. "Only a quarter (26%) is of the opinion that a ban on cryptocurrency would be effective in combating climate change," concludes the YouGov survey. "While the British support the ban on cryptocurrencies by 45 to 18 % to combat climate change, they believe that this will be 32 to 26 % ineffective," add the surveyor.

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