According to CoinMeta, the UK paid 1.78 billion pounds to shut down wind farms in order to meet the needs of Bitcoin miners. The bill for September alone amounted to 404.3 million pounds, setting a record for a single month, with 30 million pounds paid in just one day. A new report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute suggests that miners should make use of this electricity. North Scotland alone wasted 8.8 terawatt-hours of electricity, which is enough to supply each household in Scotland with electricity for a year. The Scottish Affairs Committee studied this same waste and supports artificial intelligence data centers, but never mentioned Bitcoin.