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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe pay off would be so far into the future that they don't want to risk it? Who knows how long crypto will be a thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You can get solar panels for like $100-$200 on Amazon right now. Nice ones. The price of them dropped like a fucking rock since China got involved.