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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by newaccount74 on Saturday November 06, 2021 @12:25PM (#29131536)
Some governments even force you to put insulation on your home or they won't give you a permit to build it! And then they only let you install an energy efficient furnace! And evil EU even forced appliance manufacturers to stop selling inefficient washing machines!

The EU has a long history of regulating energy waste, and outlawing crypto is a logical next step.

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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by GaylordTuring on Saturday November 06, 2021 @05:19PM (#29133888)
What is energy waste though? If I get more happy by mining Bitcoin than playing computer games, is it okay for me to use the energy I would have used for playing to mine instead?

I think that about 95 % of the activities that humans do professionally are a complete waste of time. Does it follow that I should be for banning these activities?

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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by nickpp on Saturday November 06, 2021 @06:13PM (#29134304)
> Some governments even force you to put insulation on your home or they won't give you a permit to build it!

And then they point at the "evil foreign/investor buyers" when people complain of the exorbitant house prices.

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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by louloulou on Saturday November 06, 2021 @05:16PM (#29133868)
Thank god governments exist to decide when I'm using my own money too wastefully. Funny how the portion of my money they already took and spent is never spent wastefully in their eyes.
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