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On 2/11/25 22:49, Don Y wrote:
> On 2/11/2025 2:00 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>> Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2/11/2025 11:19 AM, bitrex wrote:
>>>> A lot of people in e.g. mobile homes in New England and (other areas 
>>>> of the US
>>>> it gets cold in the winter) are stuck with baseboard electric heat; 
>>>> since the
>>>> new administration is so big into crypto it should be decreed that 
>>>> all electric
>>>> space heaters sold in the US should mine crypto, and for the 
>>>> baseboards you
>>>> could also have the baseboard form factor crypto miner.
>>>
>>> And, the occupant gets to KEEP any coin that he mines!
>>
>> Which begs the question, will the earnings pay the electric bill?
> 
> I think bitrex's point was that the person NEEDING heat has
> already decided to spend the money on the electricity required.
> The realization that the heat could be generated while "doing
> useful work" is insightful.

here the same idea is used by some big datacenters, selling the heat 
from the their cooling system to the district heating system

the local cement factory also adds to the district heating system

> 
> [I believe electric (resistance) heat is among the least? cost effective]
> 

it depends, if you have excess wind energy you might as well use it for 
something and the distribution system is already there.