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The Lone Star State apparently loves cryptocurrency so much that it’s willing to pay mining firms to not do their job
The temperatures have been too damn high in Texas this summer, prompting households and businesses to crank up their air conditioning and break energy usage records again and again. The state has broken its own record for highest-ever electricity usage nine times in summer 2023.