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by kelnos 857 days ago
So we should shrug and not care just because only a smaller number of people are negatively affected? That's not how society should work.

> In fact as much as mining Bitcoin might be considered useless by some, it does stabilize the grid around it.

Did a couple searches around this, and didn't find the arguments there convincing at all. Reads more like apologia and rationalizing. Regardless, mining installations like this appear to be running 24/7, so they're not participating in any demand leveling.