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Producing electricity is difficult, turning on and off generators is slow, if demand dips rapidly then that energy has to go SOMEWHERE. Sometimes this is called load shedding.
So if you have a low priority bitcoin farm that can consume lots of load - you can use it to keep the generation / demand curve flat. This makes it easier to turn off and on generators. This also creates a greater economic incentive to make more stable green energy since there is consistent demand.
Not just this but if supply dips or demand goes up rapidly then the miners can stop mining making more energy available to the grid. Funny enough in the us (with how their minute by minute energy auctions) most crypto miners make more money off selling the energy they bought at a low preorder rate at the start of the day back to the grid in the minute by minute rate.
I did the math the other day in some cases being a battery on the grid is actually more profitable than being a crypto miner. That's assuming u are optimising for roi and don't already have mining resources.
Yeah I worked with a energy trader, and you have to be really well positioned to do this, but when you can its like magic free money. Basically getting paid for infrastructure risk
Wow that's cool. I looked into it but where I'm at it wasn't viable unfortunately.
So, your logic is that generating more energy demand will create more incentive for green energy..?
Have you ever worked for an oil company, even as a simple oil change pit worker?
Them oil companies couldn't give a flying fuck less about the environment, and they actively fight against green energy.
Disclaimer: I only worked for an oil company for about 5 months, back in 2005, and I do not approve of big oil trying to smother green energy technology.
Regardless, that's unfortunately how shit still works.
Not my logic, I was explaining what the phrase meant, which was your question.