▲ 989 ▼ Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca -6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) How would you implement that? Like, how do you propose to impose a tax on the company that they can't just pass along to the customer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) How would that law work? Unless you're setting the price as a matter of law, how could you ever prove that a price rise was because of the tax and not "other economic factors"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) How would you implement that? Like, how do you propose to impose a tax on the company that they can't just pass along to the customer? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) How would that law work? Unless you're setting the price as a matter of law, how could you ever prove that a price rise was because of the tax and not "other economic factors"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) How would that law work? Unless you're setting the price as a matter of law, how could you ever prove that a price rise was because of the tax and not "other economic factors"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) How would that law work? Unless you're setting the price as a matter of law, how could you ever prove that a price rise was because of the tax and not "other economic factors"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FonsNihilo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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