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		drivingmenuts 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cry... How many people did the smelter employ vs how many people do the bitcoin miners employ? The smelter was providing jobs that fed money into the local economy. I'm sure much less money is coming out of the mining operation.

cruffle_duffle 1 day ago [–]

Not to mention the aluminum plant was making something actually useful to society at large. What is there now is a giant space heater used to scam people.

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