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I'd rather see this mitigated with tiered kWh rates that are still use case agnostic. so the amount of energy needed to heat/cool a reasonable family home could

I'd rather see this mitigated with tiered kWh rates that are still use case agnostic. so the amount of energy needed to heat/cool a reasonable family home could be purchased roughly at production cost, but the rate could step up steeply past that amount. this would either discourage silly laser shows, or at least make sure the community gets funds to build out solar/wind/whatever from the show. if this approach also discourages free water parks, I'm okay with that. if the community really wants that, they can weigh it against other public interests and consider funding it out of public coffers.

jrm4 3y ago
Again, I think that "generally, the government we have now" does as good or a better job of "what the community wants" than whatever it is you're proposing? Especially here? It's absolutely reasonable -- if not likely -- to think that "the community" thinks of bitcoin mining as a wasteful and stupid idea and is expressing that preference through its politicians. I don't think you're going to see a lot of arguments in terms of "this is political overreach."
- leetcrew 3y ago
  I honestly could not care less whether crypto mining is or is not a viable business. I don't do it myself, and I don't hold any crypto. I just hate to see yet random tax meant to appease people who are upset over this week's headline and will move on to being upset about something else next week. it's not an effective recipe for addressing actual root causes of problems. but yeah, I don't really expect anyone to care much about crypto bros getting a targeted shafting. dueling windmills would probably be a better use of my time.
  - jrm4 3y ago
    Yeah, I mean I think "proof of work" crypto is an easy target for an entirely appropriate reason; it's perfectly wasteful, even beyond eg ridiculous Christmas lights. And now that crypto has better "work functions" e.g. "proof-of-stake," there's just no reason to not tax this.

jrm4 3y ago

Again, I think that "generally, the government we have now" does as good or a better job of "what the community wants" than whatever it is you're proposing? Especially here? It's absolutely reasonable -- if not likely -- to think that "the community" thinks of bitcoin mining as a wasteful and stupid idea and is expressing that preference through its politicians. I don't think you're going to see a lot of arguments in terms of "this is political overreach."

leetcrew 3y ago
I honestly could not care less whether crypto mining is or is not a viable business. I don't do it myself, and I don't hold any crypto. I just hate to see yet random tax meant to appease people who are upset over this week's headline and will move on to being upset about something else next week. it's not an effective recipe for addressing actual root causes of problems. but yeah, I don't really expect anyone to care much about crypto bros getting a targeted shafting. dueling windmills would probably be a better use of my time.
- jrm4 3y ago
  Yeah, I mean I think "proof of work" crypto is an easy target for an entirely appropriate reason; it's perfectly wasteful, even beyond eg ridiculous Christmas lights. And now that crypto has better "work functions" e.g. "proof-of-stake," there's just no reason to not tax this.