silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoUS judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use | Federal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkUS judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use | Federal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usagewww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDarkassassin07linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down1·8 months agoIe: “no you can’t shut down crypto miners for pointless ecological destruction, I’m making great money off their wasteful power usage”
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up52arrow-down1·8 months agoThis isn’t even an effort to shut them down; just report the harm they do.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·8 months agoBut that might lead to eventually maybe doing somethinginvestors! Think of the investers!
minus-squareDarkassassin07linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoDocumenting the harm is one of the first steps to ending it… "stop these atrocities!’ “what atrocities? You’ve no evidence what’s happening is bad.”
Ie: “no you can’t shut down crypto miners for pointless ecological destruction, I’m making great money off their wasteful power usage”
This isn’t even an effort to shut them down; just report the harm they do.
But that might lead to eventually maybe doing somethinginvestors!
Think of the investers!
Documenting the harm is one of the first steps to ending it…
"stop these atrocities!’ “what atrocities? You’ve no evidence what’s happening is bad.”