drew: ERCOT: Wow you assholes trying to stay alive in August are gonna cause rolling blackouts!

Interesting article to run prior to a weekend where we expect a devastating heat wave and label it as “climate solutions”

reading this in The Data Center State is amusing

Having lived in Texas this strikes me as “You don’t need to run your air conditioner all the time especially when your power goes out in July”

ERCOT: Wow you assholes trying to stay alive in August are gonna cause rolling blackouts!

“You all acting like this grid is gonna get an upgrade? I don’t THINK SO!”

Anything to avoid SoCiALiSm.

C’mon man, you don’t want to slow down bitcoin mining, do you? I mean, ERCOT just pays them to slow down their operations and then adds it your bill, so you pay for it anyway.

To be more accurate, it’s not just bitcoin, it’s a variety of cryptocurrencies, but you know what I mean.

Here’s a story from the Austin Chronicle with details: www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...

ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blamewww.austinchronicle.com Gas demand also increasing with electrification

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