@d85d6876 Acts of kindness can take so many forms. Sometimes people just need to thanked, appreciated, or recognized for being an important part of our lives. Or, any part. We take that for granted too easily. 

"Oh, they know..."

Maybe they don't. Maybe they need to hear it again, or read it on a "special note". 

 @7d199f28 I'm thinking more along the lines of the "traditional" transactions. At each point of interaction, power is involved. We're far from "all paper and coin" days.

I'm not putting crypto on a pedestal, but as someone who handled retail setups - there's a lot of power used behind the scenes. All people see is a register.

On a different level, I do like that old power resources are being updated and put back online. People think hydro has to be big. Not so. 

 @7d199f28 Absolutely agree. 

There was a fuss here in NY (not NYC, it' a big state) over a crypto setup. The operation reactivated and upgraded a powerplant for their own use in an old factory building they bought and sold the excess to the grid. Not ideal, but clever. 

As a side thought/question: Traditional banking must be energy intensive as well. I've never seen a study.

I wish I had a clever answer to the problem. 

 @7d199f28 Not entirely accurate, but that's not the point. Why didn't Texas use that money for improving the grid, or giving consumers credit for solar, or even upgrading ancient heating cooling systems that guzzle electric? 

Bitcoin mining is an easy target. But as the residential and business population grows in Texas, electric demand does as well. What is Texas doing about that?

Maybe Abbot shouldn't have wasted money on political theater. 

 @f884fa2b I caught that. I often wonder how there can be so many "christian" denominations. 

 @210de87f Can't help there - I'm not a gamer. 

Since I'm more into imaging, I find the Wacom driver a bit limp, but it's getting there...