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		mempko on Sept 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has sin... Wait, so instead of charging their crypto mining customers more, they are paying them not to mine? WTF? You have to love their "free market" energy grid /s

dylan604 on Sept 7, 2023 | [–]

we pay farmers more to not grow something as well. there's a lot of WTactualF moments in where the government spends money.

bombcar on Sept 7, 2023 | [–]

If you look at it like "I contracted to be able to buy 1 GW from you" and now you're paying me to buy that contract back, it makes a bit more sense.

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