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The Polar Vortex Is Coming Back Next Week ... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$  Get out your S1

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/10/polar_vortex_weather_mid_july_will_be_as_cool_as_mid_september_in_east_and.html#ixzz37DFprkfG

Remember the polar vortex? Weather so cold that boiling water froze in midair?

Well buckle up, America. We’re getting another dose of polar air next week, and just in time for what is normally the hottest week of the year.

While next week’s mid-summer cold snap won’t send you rushing for the nearest space heater, its origins are similar to the cold snaps that defined the brutal winter just past.

Well that's nice... if you live in the eastern half of the US. The western part is supposed to be hotter. And that's where I live. But it's already so hot here, another few degrees will be barely noticeable.

Down here in the Southwest US we've had 13 days below average and 180 days above average.  This had been the hottest summer in recorded history in CA and next week we'll be hitting the 100s.  I'll be dreaming of polar vortex when I pass out from heat stroke in my car.

My wife is going to tell me what happened to all those miners lol. I will have to remind her it was her that demanded they go down to the basement. Oh well she puts up with plenty of things from me lol.

Steve

Yeah no kidding.  I would kill to have just 1 day under 85F ambient.   It was 94 outside today and even with a 2 5 ton units my miner room up to 104F.  Not a cloud in the sky.

This would not make as big of a difference as it did last winter as miners then could provide a supplement to your heater, but today it would not be necessary to be heating your home, it would just be a little/lot cooler then normal. 

It depends on the setup.  Some open air miners that use a lot of venting could really benefit from cool ambient and then not have to waste power on AC.  Also, the power draw on the equipment is lower when the ambient operating temps are lower.

that nice bro  ;)

This is true, however the effect would be greater if people actually had to be using their heat for their homes. Instead of using their furnace, they could simply strategically place miners throughout their home to keep their house warm, they would use the same amount of electricity but would earn some bitcoin in the process. 

The generated heat might be useful but it generally has a much higher opportunity cost than something like natural gas.  A few places use electricity for heating but most use some hydrocarbon fuel.  If you happen to be using electricity for heat then mining just adds to your profit rather than taking away from it.