Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTexas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwavegizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down14
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down2·1 year agoI especially like the part where they say encouraging crypto mining will somehow create power grid innovations. What?
minus-squarered@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoEither you innovate or you pay that company $32M every summer forever
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m pretty sure their goal is the latter based on the other part of the article which says they can act like padding.
minus-squareSuiXi3D@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoNot in Texas, at least. Our government here is in the habit of actively making everything worse, not better.
minus-squareFunkyMonk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoTrickle down grid, food, climate, whatever just fucking gimmie peasant. /s
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThat has the same energy as someone claiming they drive better tipsy than sober
I especially like the part where they say encouraging crypto mining will somehow create power grid innovations. What?
Either you innovate or you pay that company $32M every summer forever
I’m pretty sure their goal is the latter based on the other part of the article which says they can act like padding.
Not in Texas, at least. Our government here is in the habit of actively making everything worse, not better.
Trickle down grid, food, climate, whatever just fucking gimmie peasant. /s
That has the same energy as someone claiming they drive better tipsy than sober