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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra... by jake_the_third on Sunday May 27, 2018 @11:13PM (#17170409)
The only correct response.

Lasing out against noise or heat I can understand, but unless electricity is being subsidized, I can't fathom the line of logic people take to justify lashing out against how someone chooses to use electricity they're pay for.

I suspect it's due to irrational hate rather than sound reasoning.

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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra... by Thimothy on Monday May 28, 2018 @04:21AM (#17171263)
Well, we know that electricity is subsidized in many ways, see coal, petroleum or solar power for examples.

Furthermore, electricity prices do no include environmental externalities. So when you burn so much electricity for things that many people deem wasteful, those people do have reasons to get pissed and yell at you in the internet. Wellcome to modern society!

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