silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agoUS judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use | Federal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down13
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkUS judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use | Federal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usagewww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoThe problem isn’t doing it; it’s that releasing the data makes them look bad
minus-squarekrellor@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoRight; I just wonder what the judges imagined rationale is? It seems like it would be hard to construct even the veneer that it actually creates an unreasonably burden. But this is Texas, so🤷?
minus-squareTheaoneAndOnly27@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 months agoCuz the rationale is that he probably needed another vacation and a boat paid for.
The problem isn’t doing it; it’s that releasing the data makes them look bad
Right; I just wonder what the judges imagined rationale is? It seems like it would be hard to construct even the veneer that it actually creates an unreasonably burden. But this is Texas, so🤷?
Cuz the rationale is that he probably needed another vacation and a boat paid for.