stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squareexohuman@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHonestly, why allow them to mine on the grid at all until it is upgraded? It’s just a big wasteful use of energy that uses public resources but doesn’t benefit the public at all. It just prints money for the guys doing it.
minus-squareexohuman@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAlso, $31 million could go towards better infrastructure that could allow this in the future.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFixing the power grid works be socialism or something…
Honestly, why allow them to mine on the grid at all until it is upgraded? It’s just a big wasteful use of energy that uses public resources but doesn’t benefit the public at all. It just prints money for the guys doing it.
Also, $31 million could go towards better infrastructure that could allow this in the future.
Fixing the power grid works be socialism or something…