[seibelj]

I do not play videogames, I think all videogames are a waste of time. Not only do they waste enormous amounts of electricity, but they also waste untold hours in fantasy worlds of meaningless nonsense.

That said, I think everyone should be able to buy electricity and spend it on what they want, even dumbfuck videogames that waste their life away. If we play the "your electricity is bad, my electricity is good" game then it leads to the majority restricting the minority.

Instead, we should price electricity based on externalities and let purchasers use it as they want. If electricity is 100% clean and the buyer chooses to mine bitcoin, that's their value decision, just as you playing videogames is your (very stupid) decision, but I support your right to waste electricity on it.