“Apparently, many of them are coming to the central area of the state of Washingon, USA, for less expensive electrical rates.”
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I guess the temperatures are too hot for them to mine in the Texas Permian Basin using natural gas that would otherwise be flared off. That’s OK with me.
Perhaps they would prefer Louisiana. River delta, heat, humidity, mosquitos, international shipping ports.
” . . .Seattle Times quotes one of the measures taken by Grant County, where costs for bitcoin miners will be increased if the outlet meets this specific criterion: it’s using 5% or more of the district’s power.
But building new mining facilities is not the only headache that PUDs are facing. The districts’ officials believe small-size bitcoin miners could restart operations from currently inactive facilities.
The U.S. East Coast is also witnessing its own bitcoin mining-related controversy. On December 20, 2020, organizations led by an environmental organization filed a lawsuit against the U.S. town Torrey in New York for giving the green light to expand a bitcoin mining facility at the Greenidge Generation power plant.”