Yeah, nothing to stoke up the neophobic populace like the accusing people doing something new of being dangers to the community. All those data centers, it's ok for them to use electricity, because "cloud computing" sounds good. Hopefully efficiency will improve, but until then maybe we should just rebrand.

yes i dont like being too much regulated but on the other hand fire safety is definitely a concern, always back of my mind. I am also considering to purchase a parcel of land and get some container or metal barn to do the mining. As such I am trying to find less fire-prone terrain and as away as possibel from civilization and densely populated area. Definitely not in or near multi-family residential area.