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brewens

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4. People should be pissed about crypto's energy demand. So what if they can pay to buy power, should they be allowed to?

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:57 PM

Jul 2024

To make a few people rich and fleece others, they put excess demand on power infrastructure.

Fine with me if they run those scams but make them build their own power source. A solar farm for each one or whatever they have to do.

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