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Bitcoin miners win legal battle to keep mum about energy use [US] (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We could just solve the problem the capitalist way and just charge businesses extra for their power usage. That'll get them to care.

[โ€“] Leeker 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Currently at least in the US we charge them less. This is usually due to something called Economy of Scale. As well as the fact there is more competition for Business energy. As well as the fact they are usually locked into a contract for energy. 1