Image reads: "we're flying electric helicopters on Mars yet you can't turn on your clothes dryer in Texas. That's because scientists are in charge of Mars, and Republicans are in charge of Texas"
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they pay cryptominers to not cryptomine.
ERCOT paid bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms $2.5 million in September for voluntarily reducing its energy consumption as Texas' historic heat wave pummeled the state's battle-tested energy grid.Oct 5, 2023
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2023/10/05/heres-what-ercot-paid-a-bitcoin-miner-to-curtail-electric-use-this-summer/