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The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by RajuVarghese »

burkaman wrote: post #20
RajuVarghese wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I say "hard to believe" I don't mean to say that I don't believe it. With that out of the way, I am merely stating that it challenges my gray cells: how could sound waves hitting the ear drums cause the variety of health issues that are reported in the article.

Linked from the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31769799/ . The summary is that noise causes stress and stress is very bad for you. It is commonly stated that the only two innate fears that all humans are born with are falling and loud noises. I don't know if that's completely true, but it's easy to understand why we might all have an instinctive fear/stress response to loud noises.

Thanks for the link.

Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by worstspotgain »

cratermoon wrote: post #22
fire_lake wrote: post #10

Unbelievable that the mining facility doesn’t breach zoning rules. How was this ever allowed?

corruption. Someone in the local or state government got paid or is getting paid to look the other way.

In many (most?) areas in Texas there is little or no zoning, e.g. famously in Houston, where voters rejected it multiple times. However, things like this are obviously the (crazy) exception rather than the rule.

Are land use restrictions like zoning good or not? In most large cities, people are enserfed by their home purchases, if they can even afford one altogether. A minimal amount of zoning is one thing, but we're talking height and volume limits, byzantine red tape, and countless other intentional impediments.

Here's two somewhat-similar listings from Houston (no zoning):

https://www.redfin.com/TX/Houston/4119-Chasewick-Cir-77014/h...

And Austin (zoning and plenty of other land use restrictions):

https://www.redfin.com/TX/Austin/3613-Windsor-Rd-78703/home/...

I only spent 15 seconds looking these up, and obviously demand is different because of different neighborhoods, job markets, and whatnot - but restrictive land use laws generally account for 90% of the remaining price difference these days.

Before the housing pyramid scheme began in the early 1970s, the median house used to cost a couple years' worth of the median income in most places. In Houston this is still the case.

Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by janandonly »

Ok so let me get this straight, We’re upset and blaming Bitcoin mining because

-An 81 year old has vertigo and high blood pressure

-A cancer patient has a headache

-A 64 year old man had a blood clot

Noise complaints are a fair concern for bitcoin mining but most miners are actively monitoring this and finding alternative solutions (look at riots large immersion facility and gigas hydro boxes).

Also, how does one deduce that mining is the only cause for these health issues. Any questions about lifestyle, past health concerns?

Time has become a joke.

Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by rsynnott »

lupire wrote: post #6

How does the noise compare to living in a city? Do cities have the same health crisis due to noise?

I know it is most improper on this here orange website to actually read the article, but:

> Rosenkranz pulls out her phone and clocks 72 decibels on a sound meter app—the same level that she records in Indigo’s bedroom in the dead of night. In early 2023, her daughter began waking up, yelling and holding her ears.

> Shirley sticks his recorder out the window and the numbers on it flicker up and down as the roar washes over it. Eventually, the recorder caps out at 91 decibels, which the CDC estimates as roughly in between the output of a lawnmower and a chainsaw.

> New York City, for instance, has a noise code which officially caps restaurant music and air conditioning at 42 decibels (as measured within a nearby residence).

At peak times, if you're living beside a major motorway or similar, you might see 70db. In most places, if you're allowed build housing beside such a thing at all, you'll be required to have triple-glazing and other noise-abatement stuff. Other than that, anywhere else in a city is going to be considerably quieter.

Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by croes »

janandonly wrote: post #24

Ok so let me get this straight, We’re upset and blaming Bitcoin mining because -An 81 year old has vertigo and high blood pressure -A cancer patient has a headache -A 64 year old man had a blood clot Noise complaints are a fair concern for bitcoin mining but most miners are actively monitoring this and finding alternative solutions (look at riots large immersion facility and gigas hydro boxes). Also, how does one ded…

Aren't you missing some people?

>hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or the emergency room with these symptoms.

Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by t0bia_s »

janandonly wrote: post #24

Ok so let me get this straight, We’re upset and blaming Bitcoin mining because -An 81 year old has vertigo and high blood pressure -A cancer patient has a headache -A 64 year old man had a blood clot Noise complaints are a fair concern for bitcoin mining but most miners are actively monitoring this and finding alternative solutions (look at riots large immersion facility and gigas hydro boxes). Also, how does one ded…

Another article that sound like anti-bitcoin propaganda. Governments and banks must be scared.

Re: The Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

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Post by rysertio »

janandonly wrote: post #24

Ok so let me get this straight, We’re upset and blaming Bitcoin mining because -An 81 year old has vertigo and high blood pressure -A cancer patient has a headache -A 64 year old man had a blood clot Noise complaints are a fair concern for bitcoin mining but most miners are actively monitoring this and finding alternative solutions (look at riots large immersion facility and gigas hydro boxes). Also, how does one ded…

You missed hearing loss. Prolonged exposure to loud noise will damage hearing to a certain degree.

No one is blaming bitcoin mining, it's a single company that doesn't adhere to the noise standards is the problem.

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