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Title: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: zhalox on June 08, 2011, 12:49:04 AM Just saw this moments ago...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/8562207/Millions-of-households-face-record-high-energy-bills.html Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices just shot up! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: mewantsbitcoins on June 08, 2011, 12:50:48 AM cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnts!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: zhalox on June 08, 2011, 05:05:22 PM Just wait until this happens in America, Obama won't be happy (large scale mining isn't exactly environmentally friendly)...
Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: Freakin on June 08, 2011, 05:21:48 PM drop, meet bucket.
Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: Findeton on June 08, 2011, 06:33:54 PM Just wait until this happens in America, Obama won't be happy (large scale mining isn't exactly environmentally friendly)... They can always try mining, or charge your electricity bills in bitcoins. Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: WilliamJohnson on June 08, 2011, 06:54:28 PM I don't think Bitcoin has anything to do with it.
There are like, what, a few thousand miners in the UK? Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: Vandroiy on June 08, 2011, 07:43:25 PM I don't think Bitcoin has anything to do with it. There are like, what, a few thousand miners in the UK? It might very well be Bitcoin. Electricity market doesn't usually see high fluctuations, so a systematic change like Bitcoin will push prices up. Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: Freakin on June 08, 2011, 08:25:32 PM I don't think Bitcoin has anything to do with it. There are like, what, a few thousand miners in the UK? It might very well be Bitcoin. Electricity market doesn't usually see high fluctuations, so a systematic change like Bitcoin will push prices up. Lol there is absolutely 0% chance this is due to bitcoins. Like not even in the ballpark of material energy increase. Title: Re: Britain's electricity prices skyrocketed! (b/c of Bitcoin obviously) Post by: IIOII on June 08, 2011, 08:30:28 PM I don't think Bitcoin has anything to do with it. There are like, what, a few thousand miners in the UK? It might very well be Bitcoin. Electricity market doesn't usually see high fluctuations, so a systematic change like Bitcoin will push prices up. Lol there is absolutely 0% chance this is due to bitcoins. Like not even in the ballpark of material energy increase. In the future when every household is mining it'll be possible... ;D |