misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square356fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up128arrow-down2·9 months agoElectricity is too cheap for these uses.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up107arrow-down1·9 months agoWhy is commercial power so cheap and residential so expensive? We could fix two problems by balancing that back.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up77arrow-down1·9 months agoBecause companies > people in the eyes of the state.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoIt depends on which state, which is even more sad.
minus-squarejoekar1990@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoSomething something job creators….something something trickle down
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down13·edit-29 months agoIt’s more like companies = jobs in the eyes of voters. ETA: What’s with the downvotes? You guys think this is wrong?
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·9 months agoI have never once gave a flying fuck about a nebulous concept of “jobs.”
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-29 months agoSounds like you are in a very good position to appreciate how the average voter feels about this. ETA: I think we’d all be better off if people had a more realistic and practical attitude to jobs.
Electricity is too cheap for these uses.
Why is commercial power so cheap and residential so expensive? We could fix two problems by balancing that back.
Because companies > people in the eyes of the state.
It depends on which state, which is even more sad.
Something something job creators….something something trickle down
It’s more like companies = jobs in the eyes of voters.
ETA: What’s with the downvotes? You guys think this is wrong?
I have never once gave a flying fuck about a nebulous concept of “jobs.”
Sounds like you are in a very good position to appreciate how the average voter feels about this.
ETA: I think we’d all be better off if people had a more realistic and practical attitude to jobs.