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The crypto hate here is ridiculous. Every thread about crypto is the dropbox thread x 10. Unless you want to live in a dictatorship where the government dictat
by vimy 5y ago
The crypto hate here is ridiculous. Every thread about crypto is the dropbox thread x 10.
Unless you want to live in a dictatorship where the government dictates what is and isn’t a useful use of energy, the constant bitcoin electricity usage hysteria is a waste of everyone’s energy. :-)
- justbored123 5y agoYep, sounds like the problem is that they just can't get healthy price market for electricity going to regulate consumption by just increasing cost to certain brackets. My shitty country has the same problem, too many illegal power connections that they fail to properly control and punish.
- oblio 5y agoAren't there quite strict regulations about what you can use electricity for, in almost every country in the world? Especially at industrial scale. I don't think you can just start your own power plant and/or major consumer without a ton of permits.
- sudosysgen 5y agoYou're not free to use the grid as you please. That's not how freedom works anywhere. The grid can decide to subsidize some uses, tax others, and forbid some.
- malermeister 5y agoWhy does a government that regulates energy use have to be a dictatorship? A democratically elected one could put measures in place too.