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On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 21:18:49 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

On 06/08/2026 02:14, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 06/08/26 08:01, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:

Den 05.08.2026 kl. 23.00 skrev Tony Cooper:

Trump maintains that no civilized country allows windmills.-a China
has an estimated 641,000 "wind turbines" Germany:-a 77,800 UK:
33,400, France: 25,600 (2025)

Denmark only has 5000 (2023), but more than half our power
consumption is covered by renewable energy.

We are less green than that sounds. An awful lot of the energy is
sucked up by data centres and bitcoin bastards - so much that some
companies who want to run on electricity, can't get a connection.
There's not enough energy.

A lot of problems could be solved by banning cryptocurrency. What is it
good for, apart from criminal activity?

In the UK, it seems to be an ideal way to put money into the pockets of >certain politicians - who then stand up and offer great praise for the >wonders of... crypto currency.

Meanwhile, the people who own data centres should be among the first up
against the wall, come the revolution.

Donald Trump finally became a real billionnaire from profit on his own cryptocurrency, plus, the sales of his vanity-money.

For Trump, these allow him to offer to accept bribes in whatever
form suits the donor best. Contribute to his building projects?
Those are 'mixed' funding, so the government puts up money
(probably, mmost of what is needed) and there are few controls
on who gives what or what is spent on what. I think he practiced
tricks during his first (2017) Inauguration, which raised far more
money than was ever properly accounted for. So far as I ever hear.
--
Rich Ulrich
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occam <occam@nowhere.nix> writes:

It's the first time I encounter 'lachanophobia'. (Its meaning is obvious
if you know that the Greek word for vegetable is 'lachano'. But a
dislike rather than a phobia.)

Lachanodysphoria
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 06/08/2026 14:24, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 06/08/26 20:56, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:

I can also see a reasonable and moral (though technically not
legitimate)
attraction of Bitcoin for Chinese citizens, whose government restricts >>> exchange of its currency.

Or for Iranians collecting toll on the straits of Hormuz,
because they have been locked out of the usual banking system,

Are they asking to be paid in $TRUMP?

Yes, probably in dollars. But I wouldn't accept any piece of paper with
his image on it (except for sanitary purposes - see post by Wugi in a
sister thread). 'Franklins' will do for me.

Nothing wrong with 'Daalders' from New Amsterdam, is there?
(same root of course)
At current exchange rates the value is also just right,

Jan

ASIDE: IN The latest Memorandum of Understanding the US also stipulates
the unblocking of Iranian State dollar accounts, which in monetary terms
/far/ exceed any reparation damages the US has to pay for its bombing
spree.

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nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:

occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 06/08/2026 14:24, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 06/08/26 20:56, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:

I can also see a reasonable and moral (though technically not
legitimate)
attraction of Bitcoin for Chinese citizens, whose government restricts >>> exchange of its currency.

Or for Iranians collecting toll on the straits of Hormuz,
because they have been locked out of the usual banking system,

Are they asking to be paid in $TRUMP?

Yes, probably in dollars. But I wouldn't accept any piece of paper with
his image on it (except for sanitary purposes - see post by Wugi in a sister thread). 'Franklins' will do for me.

Nothing wrong with 'Daalders' from New Amsterdam, is there?

Any plans to rename it Trumpgrad yet?

(same root of course)
At current exchange rates the value is also just right,

Jan

ASIDE: IN The latest Memorandum of Understanding the US also stipulates the unblocking of Iranian State dollar accounts, which in monetary terms
/far/ exceed any reparation damages the US has to pay for its bombing spree.

--
athel

Living in Marseilles for 39 years; mainly in England before that,
with long periods in Singapore, California, Chile and Canada
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<athel.cb@gmail.com> wrote:

nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:

occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

On 06/08/2026 14:24, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 06/08/26 20:56, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:

I can also see a reasonable and moral (though technically not
legitimate)
attraction of Bitcoin for Chinese citizens, whose government restricts
exchange of its currency.

Or for Iranians collecting toll on the straits of Hormuz,
because they have been locked out of the usual banking system,

Are they asking to be paid in $TRUMP?

Yes, probably in dollars. But I wouldn't accept any piece of paper with his image on it (except for sanitary purposes - see post by Wugi in a sister thread). 'Franklins' will do for me.

Nothing wrong with 'Daalders' from New Amsterdam, is there?

Any plans to rename it Trumpgrad yet?

No, but references to 'Trumpistan' will be understood,
in these parts,

Jan
(with excuses to nicer *istan countries)

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