• NoLifeKing@ani.social
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    4 months ago

    Just order them to shut down because of climate damage. Either that or throw the judge in prison for obviously taking bribes.

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    4 months ago

    Ie: “no you can’t shut down crypto miners for pointless ecological destruction, I’m making great money off their wasteful power usage”

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        4 months ago

        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.”

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    4 months ago

    Oh no, not irreparable injury to a completely useless and environmentally damaging industry! Better keep causing irreparable damage to the planet instead then.

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    4 months ago

    It really doesn’t seem that hard to report electrical usage. The wording of the order (https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press550.php) isn’t very specific, but it sounds like they would simply be surveying major commercial miners. All they should need to do is pull up their electrical usage. Of if they don’t have it for some reason, they can estimate based on their devices and aggregate hash rate.

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        4 months ago

        Right; I just wonder what the judges imagined rationale is? It seems like it would be hard to construct even the veneer that it actually creates an unreasonably burden. But this is Texas, so🤷?