Newly released video highlights the effects industrial bitcoin mining can have on society:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7_WDzPyoqUMarathon Digital Holdings has been running industrial scale BTC mining operation in Texas with complete disregard as to what effect their operations can have on local communities.
They're essentially blasting industrial levels of noise into everyone's household. There's no way to shield yourself from 85 decibels of noise. This is the legal limit in texas, which mind you, is very relaxed in terms of regulation. OSHA dictates that when noise is constant above 85 decibels in a workplace, the employer must implement hearing protection measures for workers exposed to these levels of noise.
But in Texas, this bitcoin mine is allowed by politicians to blast noise levels over 100 decibels into resident's homes without any issue.
Moreover, the mining operations get favourable electricity rates while residents end up paying the premium. All at a time that the water supply is also scarce, and we all know industrial scale bitcoin mining needs tons of water for cooling.
If it came to your neighborhood, would you still support bitcoin mining?