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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by scotty79 on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:00AM (#26831857)
Even easier solution. Tax all the coal that enters your country economy, either from earth or from neighbours.
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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by loeg on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:16AM (#26834901)
Burning natural gas, as in the plant referenced by the article, also produces CO2.
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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by scotty79 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @11:31AM (#26844992)
Sure, that too. My point is coal and similar resorces don't have many other uses so you can safely tax the resource, mined or umported rather than the act of burning.

And if you have some specific application that you might want to be not affected you might make special tax breaks for it.

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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by loeg on Saturday April 17, 2021 @01:37PM (#26845964)
Ah, that's totally reasonable. Thanks for clarifying.
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