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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I especially like the part where they say encouraging crypto mining will somehow create power grid innovations. What?

[–] red@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either you innovate or you pay that company $32M every summer forever

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure their goal is the latter based on the other part of the article which says they can act like padding.

[–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Not in Texas, at least. Our government here is in the habit of actively making everything worse, not better.

[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Trickle down grid, food, climate, whatever just fucking gimmie peasant. /s

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

That has the same energy as someone claiming they drive better tipsy than sober