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1. xiphia+zb[view] [source] 2023-01-12 20:03:34
>>RobinL+(OP)
One more thing that can be used for soaking up rarely generated free energy are cheap old inefficient Bitcoin miners.

There are many places already using it for this. Bringing Bitcoin miners to a place at this point is just shipping a container.

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2. socks+YJ[view] [source] 2023-01-12 23:18:33
>>xiphia+zb
This sounds great, but in reality, this concept is also a curse. Moving Bitcoin miners is much easier than building transmission lines - potentially discouraging funding for the infrastructure needed to move the energy where it is more useful. I remember reading of BTC mining companies moving their infrastructure right next door to remote coal fired power plants, getting extremely cheap rates, which otherwise might have been completely decommissioned due to transmission costs.
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3. TheDud+n01[view] [source] 2023-01-13 01:06:46
>>socks+YJ
Carbon tax fixes this.
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