Quote from: precrime3 on April 07, 2014, 05:09:51 PM

The links didn't help....

They did. But alright, to make it easier I extract quotes from those postings for you:

Quote from: drakoin on April 07, 2014, 04:48:54 PM

Just look at this country list of those who risk mankind's future.

Quote from: drakoin on January 20, 2014, 07:02:49 PM

... which help to push up the upper limit of khash/s ... at the expense of more juice ... are good news for (miners who steal electricity or) miners in countries like Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Nigeria, Ukraine, Venezuela, Argentina, Myanmar, Surinam, Serbia, Macedonia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Canada, Korea South, Vietnam, Dubai, Taiwan, Malaysia, Nepal, China, Paraguay, India, South Africa, or ... United States.

Quote from: drakoin on April 07, 2014, 04:48:54 PM

In contrast in these environmentally responsible countries citizens pay 5 to 40 times as much per kWh.

Quote from: drakoin on January 07, 2014, 04:02:53 AM

People in Solomon, Virgin, Turks, Caicos and Marshall Islands, Tonga, Jamaica, Niue, Denmark, Samoa, Tuvalu, Germany, Philippines, Cook Islands, Brazil, Kiribati, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland and Sweden - we are the good ones, because our governments actually care about the environment *g*. But here's a way for us, to also participate in cryptomining - we have to undervolt and underclock our coinmining rigs dramatically.

If you have a mining rig, I suggest to read a bit in that thread. Even with cheap electricity you might want to become an energy saver.

Quote from: precrime3 on April 07, 2014, 05:09:51 PM

Also what info is used to back up the energy prices and armies?

> Energy prices:
Just press the table column header "US cents per kWh" on the linked wikipedia page, and it will sort the page by energetic ruthlessness.

> energy prices and armies?
Please consult the world news of approximately the past quarter century.
I guess it essentially started even earlier, with the oil crisis ~40 years ago.
Since then almost every war that the empire got involved in ... is about energy.