While ERCOT begged Texans to conserve power, the state paid $31 million to Riot, a bitcoin miner, to cut its energy use, leading to record profits for the company.
@Chron "Now that we're set up, it'd be a real shame if our operation dragged your grid to the ground and killed little old ladies during this not-climate-catastrophe heat wave. For the right price, I'm sure you could avoid being blamed for killing grandma."
@Chron
Large scale bit coin miners should be required to have their own electricity generation, such as solar or wind,b so they don't affect the power supply for the rest of us but even with that Texas' grid is in desperate need of upgrading.
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