I don't think that it's fair for electricity companies to be able to charge anyone more for the same product, regardless of what the business or person is using the electricity for. Bitcoin miners included, they're not getting any better quality electricity than anyone else.
But hey, what can you do. It's the government's decision, and if they're not generating enough electricity to deliver to every day citizens without having to raise prices, then they will eventually place a tax on electricity for mining.
As squatter said, miners, especially big mining businesses, can definitely just relocate to countries where mining is less expensive - a hassle, but still can be done.
But hey, what can you do. It's the government's decision, and if they're not generating enough electricity to deliver to every day citizens without having to raise prices, then they will eventually place a tax on electricity for mining.
As squatter said, miners, especially big mining businesses, can definitely just relocate to countries where mining is less expensive - a hassle, but still can be done.
I agree, this should be a violation of equal protection law. They have discriminated on a specific group or class of people, who are the miners, and this is unfair to them.
In the US, equal protection applies to individuals, not businesses. From my reading of this Wikipedia article, it's the same in Canada:
Quebec will lose investors and mining industries if this were to be implemented and enforced.
I think that's the point.
