• Tony Bark
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    1910 months ago

    Maybe if Texas shutdown those miners, their power grid wouldn’t be so strained all the time.

    • @Cheems@lemmy.world
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      2710 months ago

      Maybe if they didn’t have a power grid that was cut off from the rest of the country that wouldn’t be a problem. Maybe their citizens wouldn’t freeze to death when there’s a little snow.

    • @NightAuthor@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Those damn people, paying for electricity AND using it?!

      Edit: Is this take so egregious its not worth even worth discussion? Just downvote and move along? The hive-mind opinions is one thing, but the lack of interest in actually engaging in discussion is really sad. But I guess it’d make sense for them to go hand in hand.

      • BruceTwarzen
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        410 months ago

        That’s like saying it’s fine for the Kardashians to use as much water as a whole city during a drought, because they pay for it.

        • @NightAuthor@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          Eh, idk. Depends on the cost structure I guess. What if their (collective, with other similar users) excessive use is charged at a rate that makes it easier to fund the public infrastructure that benefits everyone?

          At least in San Antonio, the utility charges a higher rate above a certain threshold.

          Edit: also, people are calling for a ban of mining. It’s not as if they’re ALWAYS in a state of grid strain.

      • Tony Bark
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        110 months ago

        All you did was make a satirical comment.