Electricity should have a variable price depending on who is buying it.
A home? A certain regulated price. Hospitals? A certain regulated price.
AI and Data Centers? A heavily taxed price.
Sweet, I asked a related question about ethically sourcing the electricity for the worthless computing cycles that could be used in less parasitic ways.
So about the cost of the energy for the imaginary money, bro?
I'm asking you Reid.
Do you believe bitcoin "mining" should have to account for how the electricity is generated?
Nothing about your sister or her choices. About the livable future her and her children may not have.
There are people setting up gas generators and mining rigs next to natural gas wells to bypass the transmission infrastructure and evade environmental regulation. You can't blame that on the grid supply.
NatGas is a fossil fuel.
60% of electricity produced in the U.S. is generated using fossil fuel.
Bitcoin mining, like hospitals, schools, office buildings, you and your electronic lifestyle, emits zero CO₂.
Of course, the power plant that produces the electricity that you're using to read this skeet uses whatever input they choose:
fossil fuel
wind
hydro
geothermal
solar
nuclear
The device you’re currently using to read this skeet uses electricity and emits zero CO₂
Your local power plant OTOH burns biomass to generate electricity.