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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 Soooo how many rich people need to die of wet bulb heat stroke before this libertarian stupidity is ended? Honestly.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoin-mining-cryptocurrency-riot-texas-power-grid/
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noisevault | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't see what's stupid about it. Demand builds infrastructure. It can literally justify building new renewable energy systems that could otherwise not exist profitably without that demand.
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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You bitcoin types never seem to understand how the mystical “free market” actually works - in that it doesn’t exist and never has. Artificially inducing a demand or does not guarantee stimulation of supply. Likewise excess supply doesn’t guarantee demand. The system is more complicated than that.
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5e653220 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Or maybe they do and it is just boring
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DonkHODL🗿🌽🦨 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 However many own CBS news.