A Treehugger state of mind – from showerheads to BitCoin

by Skip

They wanted to control showerheads and now your wealth. Again (as if you needed reminding), the THers are, like any kind of Socialists, are Government-centric. ONLY Government can do “good” things and nothing should be outside the ken of said Government. And they show their disdain quite easily:

SHOT:  12/2018 – Good news: Bitcoin is becoming worthless (the digital currency is in its death throes)

A couple years ago, it looked like bitcoin could become a major new global currency. But finance experts are now saying bitcoin’s end is right around the corner.

CHASER: 1 Bitcoin – $23,870

Death throes, not so much, so it seems. So much for their financial acumen. Which, I add, extends into all kinds of others in which they believe that “experts” know better than we do about our own lives.

Much of their hatred has nothing to do with it being outside the purview of Government to control it – it’s all about Free People deciding to use (and pay for) large amounts of energy needed to drive the algorithmic processes to do the calculations (e.g., mine) BitCoins:

I’ve never been a fan of the imaginary currency because it takes a ridiculous amount of energy to mine bitcoins. In 2017, bitcoin mining took up more energy than 159 countries. 12 states in the U.S. use less energy than bitcoin.

Sure, it is volatile and speculative; so what? If people want to spend their wealth earning, buying, trading, or converting, whose business is it anyways? Certainly not the THers.

BitCoin pricing 2010 to 2020

 

(Chart H/T: CoinBase)

And if the Power Companies can meet the demand, why not?

Oh, they want us living in caves and sitting around campfires. CO2 emissions is all that matters to them – and they are zeroing in on you and yours.

 

 

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  • Skip

    Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

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