stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-text
To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-211 months agosubsidizing that stupid bullshit, but i’ll bet they hate free school lunches because that’s too much kindness for the kids
subsidizing that stupid bullshit, but i’ll bet they hate free school lunches because that’s too much kindness for the kids