misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130cross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoHow 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?
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minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoHow 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”?
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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?
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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”?
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