What part you don't understand exactly?
The BTC network is decentralized, which means ASICs can turn on and off regularly on demand (depending on power sources).
Yeah, right, no!
Mining is a business, ASICs are like airplanes, you stop then (you ground them) you lose money!
And it has nothing to do with decentralization, that's the blockchain, this is $!
Give me a better source if you can:
You consider an article written by a guy:
I'm a policy guy working at the nexus of blockchain and global affairs
to not be baised?
The source is pretty simple, Marathon was forced to shut down it coals power plan at Hardin and move out to Rockdale
https://ir.mara.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001493152-23-007879/0001493152-23-007879.pdf guess how the new facility is powered?
https://greenidge.com/our-story/Check the timeline at the bottom
Good old gas!
Riot and Whinstone, guess what is powering that?
https://www.gem.wiki/Whinstone_Bitcoin_mining_facilityhttps://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-bitcoin-riot-ercot-grid-energy-18352398.phpThe "Sandow Switch" that once was used by the Alcoa coal power plant now provides electricity for the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas,
Let's go to hut8:
https://hut8.com/2024/01/08/hut-8-receives-court-approval-in-its-stalking-horse-bid-for-four-natural-gas-power-plants-including-the-north-bay-bitcoin-mine/Among other things, the Approval and Vesting Order approves the Company’s previously announced stalking horse bid transaction (the “Transaction“) to acquire four natural gas power plants including the North Bay Bitcoin mine, which was submitted in partnership with Macquarie Equipment Finance Ltd. (“Macquarie”), a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, a global financial services group.
Let's move to Aboutbit:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/11/2440883/0/en/AboutBit-launches-one-of-nation-s-largest-cryptocurrency-mining-facilities.htmlThe location itself provides additional advantages for miners, investors, and the community. The 10-acre site is currently home to the Merom Generating Station, which means transmission and other infrastructure is already in place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merom_Generating_StationMerom Generating Station is a 2-unit, 1080 MW rated coal-fired power plant
I'm getting bored, if you want more just google around, now it's your turn to show me one mining farm running on wind and solar alone to balance that to 0.5% at least not 50%. Don't forget Rockdale alone is 750MW!