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Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash the State Power Grid
(insideclimatenews.org)
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That'd be valid if the leaders who invited them in were the only ones suffering, but it's regular citizens, including people who've been vehemently against bitcoin mining operations, who are getting fucked.
Those people elected those leaders though
Every single citizen of texas Voted for the same leaders and policies? 🤨
No, just the majority