Those damn people, paying for electricity AND using it?!
Comment on Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave
tonytins@pawb.social 1 year ago
Maybe if Texas shutdown those miners, their power grid wouldn’t be so strained all the time.
NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 year ago
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 1 year ago
That's like saying it's fine for the Kardashians to use as much water as a whole city during a drought, because they pay for it.
NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, idk. Depends on the cost structure I guess. What if their (collective, with other similar users) excessive use is charged at a rate that makes it easier to fund the public infrastructure that benefits everyone?
At least in San Antonio, the utility charges a higher rate above a certain threshold.
tonytins@pawb.social 1 year ago
All you did was make a satirical comment.
Cheems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Maybe if they didn’t have a power grid that was cut off from the rest of the country that wouldn’t be a problem. Maybe their citizens wouldn’t freeze to death when there’s a little snow.