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> I consider trucks in US for non-contractor use to be frivolous, but I don't go around telling people those need to be banned. What does you not liking truck
by preommr 5y ago
> I consider trucks in US for non-contractor use to be frivolous, but I don't go around telling people those need to be banned.
What does you not liking trucks have to do with the issue of putting limitations on mining crypto?
Just because you don't care about this random issue doesn't invalidate serious concerns other people have.
Also, this is a pretty bad faith argument to say 'who can make these decisions'. We make rules in society all the time. If enough people can be convinced for a particular regulation and the laws of the society allow it, then it'll be implemented.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 5y agoI do not believe it is a bad faith argument. At the end of the day, trucks are there to illustrate a point that people may not agree what is considered 'good','efficient' or whatever qualifier you want to add. Trucks - those humongous behemoths intended for largely for contractors, but bought people with more money than sense for reasons that are not 'good','efficient' or whatever other qualifier you would want to add to crypto - are largely inefficient for a family unit. Some could easily argue that those should be banned for personal use as their gas-guzzling abilities are a MUCH greater threat to climate change than the entirety of crypto mining operation. But do I suggest people are mandated to only get one Prius every 5 years? No. Do you know why, because the concerns of the people may be real, but we have not, as a society, yet decided that it is ok for those concerns to override individual choices. You are right about society. You are wrong about the argument.