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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- In 2022, the Wolf Hollow Data Center began bitcoin mining operations in Hood County, Texas. Nearby residents had no idea how dramatically their lives were about to change.
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Notice that they never build in affluent communities.
lol because those areas likely aren't next to flared gas facilities and oil fields.
Yeah the poor rancher and the poor guy who can’t remember which of his homes he was in sure are disadvantaged.
You figured that out all by yourself did ya? Yeah no kidding because its only economical when the energy is very low cost.
Cheaper land
Well, an hectare in the ass-end of Texas vs a foot in Beverly hills is quite cheaper.
The noise levels due to bitcoin mines, datacenters, power plants, and other industrial facilities are 100% forecast-able. Professional engineers are sworn to uphold the public health, safety, and welfare. So there's no excuse for not doing a noise impact study on a facility this large and this close to homes.
A developer is proposing an AI supercomputer site down the street from me. This comment helped me respond to their FB post about it - thank you. 🙏
That’s got to be a joke. EPA regulations in Texas are self reported, so if those companies aren’t telling on themselves or
Companies killing folks. No one cares. That’s Texas deregulation for you.
lol you do know this is Tex-ass right? I'm pretty sure the Govt. in charge there smooths all that pesky regulations and impact studies bullshit right out the way
I live next door to a hospital in a big city and know how irritating the noise can be from ambulances day and night. Can only imagine how frustrating it would be to live with CONSTANT noise day and night.
Chopper of life
I see the leopard is eating people's faces.
This is what happens when you vote for the Leopard eating People's Faces party.
@@Eaglescout217 get mental help
This isn’t a bitcoin problem, this is a lack of respect for human life problem. Why aren’t the machines enclosed in large insulated structures like data centres are? Then they can regulate the temperature while using less energy than they currently are, while being much quieter and more resilient to environmental damage.
& it will get worse
Because Texas
@@anthonybassett4313 This and repubtards views on regulation lol why you think Project 2025 plans on ending the EPA so they can do this kinda shit nationally....
This is what they voted for.
Precisely
But did these people also vote for the lack of gov regulation that allowed this?
It’s outside the city limits. There is almost NO regulations
If Ted Cruz wants it, it’s probably a bad idea.
Go suck off a democRAT
Hilarious watching conservatives suddenly become everything they despise. This conservative lady was mad they didn’t do An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY 🤯
@@ryguythewiseguy sigh....no words ⟵(o_O) it's so hypercritical...
Hilarious watching leftists pretend all conservatives hold the same beliefs as their straw men "Lol, the woman who is literally on a farm said they want an environmental study". You don't know her stance on the environment or climate change. Nice try tho
Douchebag democrats
I know, RIGHT?
I was literally just trying to formulate a similar response and struggling to find my words (a.m. weed)...
An Oath Keeper fed up with the noise ...
It’s horrible that these people are going through this. However, by supporting a party that is concerned more about protecting corporations, deregulating industries & not holding corporations accountable for the damages that they cause, more & more people will suffer. Remember, the Supreme Court declared that corporations are people so money from corporations like this one will continue to filter to the GOP to protect their profits & bottom line.
No, it is horrible full stop. I don't care who they voted for, that's divisive and it is not the story. The story is that this is causing serious health problems.
@ecksearoh6283 it's a problem because they were anti regulation until it effected them
I feel bad for these people. But Granbury is as conservative as you can get and the residents need to realize that when you vote for people like Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott, this is the kind of thing that will happen.
One problem will be replaced with another. When you have R's in charge, you have to deal with the tyranny of Big Corporations. When you have D's in charge, you have to deal with the tyranny of Big Government. In Texas's case, if Dems are in power, you also better be ready for a huge inflow of illegal immigrants.
@@HarryCopperPot generally more business is great. It helps grow rural communities into way bigger ones by bringing more people and money to the city. But this is an unfortunate exception as it came with a lesser known consequence.
The Democratic Party has literally obliterated our economy and now you want them in control of Texas’ independent economy? Get real.
@@HoneyNutOwnzYou yeah and then they complain that “too many people are moving there” or “they’re ruining the country feel” they want their cake and to eat it too and then are shocked by the consequences of their own actions
@@HoneyNutOwnzYou but actually no, generally political policies based entirely on business interests is generally terrible long term for the populous and rarely is actually beneficial in anything but very near term.
When the Karens start to care.. should be the title
Sorry but even if there was zero noise issue, they are literally using both a power grid that clearly isn’t stable or well designed (seen from the deaths during the Texas deep freeze that occurred). However the fact this was allowed to be installed and run off anything but sustainable and green energy, is truly deplorable!
@@TheTechnoPilot I was looking for the comment about this. Watching this and seeing the location I wonder how much strain they put on the grid where they are 🤔
Do you have any source that says they aren’t run off clean energy? Most bitcoin miner loads are collocated with wind farms in Texas. Also you seem to be mentioning a completely separate issue as if it’s relevant to Texas, when the same issues would have caused problems in every region in America and already has.
And BTW this went to course several weeks ago and the case was thrown out lol.
@@savage.4.24 It's an enormous strain. There are multiple utility companies across the US saying they may not be able to keep AND residents and smaller business get to absorb all the increased costs!
THe physiological and psychological effects of noise on humans and animals is poorly understood...by those not experiencing it.
certainly the local government knew . and got kickbacks to let it get construction that close to populations
@@jaydogs8326 to be fair I doubt they knew the volume of those fans at mass.
Regardless this is a simple fix the miners should do just out of respect. Put them in immersion fluid. You get a better efficiency, longevity of the equipment (so less e waste in long run) and next to no noise. If they buy in bulk it won’t be that expensive and they could afford it or at the least write it as a business cost to help their neighbors. Most are not next to neighborhoods
Outside city limits. I’m not sure there was any heads up required
blame greg abbott and ted cruz
Yes...
Didn't have Oath Keepers demanding government regulations on my bingo card.
@@QWEENB523 You win the comments section! 🤣
Enforcing the law isn’t “government regulation”.
Just cut the fiber optic lines. Bitcoin mining needs good internet 🤫
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So maybe California regulations are not just liberals needlessly complaining. But a state who has been dealing with manufacturing and corporate physical infrastructure and its fallout for decades.
Seems like switching to emersion cooling would be the answer. Idk why they thought a loud air cooling system would be ok near a residential area in the first place.
I read something from a person living near some DCs in Virginia I think and one of the DCs had that kind of cooling and the noise was not a problem. .
do you expect Cruz to solve this issue ? the same guy who fled to Cancun when the power in his state, went off and people were freezing..
When you block new power plants from being built with a growing state if 30 million people, then you have loud things like this pop up.
This is a very interesting report. Bitcoin noise will damage your eardrums, and the question: Did the Bitcoin noise in the state of Texas impact the Bitcoin market?
Keep voting for people like Ted Cruz
Noise complaints? Oohh wait it Texas.
Billionaires out of the past 10 years. New money wanting to make even more money
All of this for magical coins
@@jmd1378 world’s largest Ponzi scheme
Why are you so angry about them then?
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@@stevenotero2627I can see and feel the forest and the ocean
Why the hell Texas? Isn't it boiling hot there? Surely Alaska or something..
Like it said in the vid, they use old power plants etc..
Cheap surplus electricity in texas
Lot of stupid people in Texas willing to put up with it.
Right. Because it’s independent from the rest of the country.
Yeah I kind of don’t want this stuff anywhere. They put off a lot of heat and that is like the last thing cold places now need.
Please get the EPA involved. I believe the organization “quiet communities” is in the process of suing the EPA for lack of regulations in our current times as the noise pollution has run rampant. This is torture. We can’t close our ears. It’s happening everywhere, not only bitcoin facilities but pool pumps, car motors, leaf blowers, construction. We are not built for this type of auditory assault.
“The bitcoin made me blind” lol
And it ate my baby ⟵(o_O)
Wonder if they dug underground 15 ft and build the sheds itll be colder and maybe the noise will be buried by the dirt
I wonder if all the noise would make it collapse on itself.
They can put noise insulation on the miners. It’s not a hard problem to solve.
I guess non of these hypocrite's travel by air , ya know cause they would never be the cause of airplane noise . Anyway simple solution is to deal with the noise or compensate those impact by it. Looks like another Wall street funded hit piece in one of their propaganda rags.
actually it is, after the fact. The whole design needs to include noise control from the get go. Then it's only hard, whereas the retrofit can be impossible. Imagine using 100º Texas summer air for "cooling".
@@RealDavidN bitcoin will at least double in a year and they can just build a whole AC cooled building over it with insulated walls. They should do that now of course.
@@spock949 it's like 22 acres. that's a big building. Immersion shoulda been from the start.
@@spock949 you can't do that. Bitcoin is an energy market and competitive. There is submersion mining though that would have greatly reduced the need for higher RPM fans.
This is 2024 NEWS!!!
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This seems to be a very easily fixed problem for marathon. They have the capital and there’s no reason that if they want to continue mining at that location that they should change all their miners to immersion cooling. That would completely solve the noise issues and help bring peace of mind to that community. This would be costly for marathon, so maybe a better option would be to move locations. A responsible bitcoin miner should step through the front door of that community before setting up shop and create some sort of positive incentives for that community, they are in.
It is what it is, welcome to the industrial world
I live in a county next to Hood county. Knowing them, they voted for the governor and senator, knowing full well their stance on this issue that is effecting them. And will continue to do so. Smh
Hood county is clearly a baby boomers town.....SMH
stress for any reason including noise can induce hair loss
😂 Ask Trump to let you move in so you don’t have to hear the noise
It seems to me lile they need to build insulated panels around the buildings like they do at compressor locations for the gas pipeline
Sounds like bitcoin needs to step it up and buy the whole town and let all these people live in peace in the next town over
Like mining gold and other resources is better? Don't be dumb, everything you are using, living in, driving, etc. was made by mining and noise.
why is this just being posted today?
I bet these complainers would rather have more fracking and earthquakes physically hurting them and their buildings.
These factories are in the countryside with very little agriculture value. They are in the best locations possible. People shouldn't live around them.
Living in the city with urban noise and air pollution is much worse.
It is simple solution, build noise protection walls.
With OUR POWER GRID? They're idiots. 🤦🏽♀️
You are ignorant. If you knew anything about what you were talking about you'd know that BTC mining cannot exist in areas where the power grid is weak or in demand. The competition cause it to move to stranded energy like methane from land fills, free energy like geothermal in Iceland , or in depopulating areas which helps stabilize the local economy. Its simply not economical to compete with any in demand electric power.
@@gwynedd1you are ignorant. if you knew anything about what you were talking about, you'd know crypto mining is a waste of power
@@MONKEY_BEAM
Try explaining that to gold miners , and investors cause that takes energy too. Tell em that we can just keep money on computers and keep it in the safe in government hands. Let me know how it goes.
@@gwynedd1 gold is a valuable resource with practical real-life uses. crypto is just a more ridiculous and volatile version of fiat, mostly held by nameless unaccountable randos. if you really think crypto is safer and more practical than literally any other resource or currency, you are delusional
@@gwynedd1but gold is a real commodity. It has real value.
It's a small matter. Claiming ignorance now is not going to change nothing... nothing. Vote them out or enjoy the spl levels you currently are experiencing. It is sad and tragic. Sound is wavelength, and frequency. It is an energy wave. How many have to die before this is taken care of?
If there electric bills go up how do you not get them for extorting
Noise pollution 24hrs! and the new heat too!! Base music AND REVVING ENGINES CAR NOISE etc, in caravan parks have resulted in 3 mature men to have pace makers and 2 hearing aids! Its 2024 come on start caring, its too old! 4 years of noise will give the young dementia, the birds kick off too! GET WOKE DRS NO MONEY IF WE ALL DEAD
Is Base music what crackheads listen to?
How was the gas plant better healthwise? They should be mad at who's mining, not bitcoin in general. It is like hating money cause a busy bank moved in.
all that noise for fake monopoly money
Is it less noisy during the winter / night ? Since less heat. Maybe the same 24/7
How you liking that "freedom" and deregulation, Texas?
Like roosters, maybe you need more roosters.
This is where all those "stop oil" protestors need to set up shop
We have one in small town, it is not that bad!
@@coolrip007 What town?
There was a fantastic article in The Atlantic about a similar story community in Arizona. Same problem, computer fan’s running 24/7.
Gosh and I think I would prefer the smoke instead of that..
So it a constant buzz sound. I get roosters and music but that surprise me as all spread out and in a big field.
Now do a follow up on how much energy Marathon GENERATES with their solar farm subsidiary and tell the whole truth about how they are net negative on consumption please.
It's sound torture.
Try living above a bar.
No sleep is bad.
This is also frustrating because i don't know what blockchain or Bitcoin actually makes or provides.
In reality, what value does Bitcoin give to the World?
Also gotta love how you can’t hear them at all during the interviews on their properties lol
You literally can, they show BTS as they’re putting the microphone on one of the interviewees that eliminates the fan noise
Noise is not a crime
you live next to it
I don’t hear anything
why doesn't mara just dig a hole and put them underground. It would keep them cooler and fix the sound problem. Are they stupid?
@@rickymarwah3438 or immersion fluid is the better answer imo but yes lower in the ground less heat. They need to work on better air flow tunnels to get high up gusts which are cooler than surface air gusts I think.
More expensive to dig out large facilities though
@@catdaddycoins I can't imagine it'd increase costs to the point where disturbing the peace is the better option. Unless there is some kind of red tape about buried hardware.
BTC miners should have a decibel limit, again underground would help with cooling & reduce the noise. The solution is pretty easy but like with everything they make it all convoluted and costly.
@@rickymarwah3438 the red tape would be the shipping containers they look like they’re in need to be completely underground and then air vented out. Again, liquid cooling them takes the fans off the machines. When they’re hot the fans run faster aka louder. Fans being the issue. The liquid can be reused and would decrease their wear and tear as well as efficiency increase and no noise. The liquid gets exchanged with a wet to dry radiator and the fans on those could be slower moving.
If they’re underground and air vents upwards that might actually increase the noise since the waves would be bouncing around a bunch in the containers as opposed to being wide open with thing filters to keep the dust out of them.
Crypto for years has claimed they can do all these things better like transferring money, sending and receiving things, containing ID’s, etc. But when you simply look around it’s rather simple to discern that the infrastructure we ALREADY have in place is not only better than what a blockchain offers, it’s also more efficient, and uses MUCH less power from the grid. Crypto is a sham. The end
This is ridiculous millions of people have lived next to freeways, the ocean is loud and that's where everybody wants to live... why is it this one little quaint community??
That's just crazy people ain't playing around in the crypto industry
There are data centers everywhere, why is this place such a problem?
That's how BTC FUD works. If they don't use it then its a problem . If it were AWS or Google then they could not care less about the noise. Its common to all DCs. Good thing no one here shops at Amazon being such bleeding hearts for the residents of Great Oak too I am sure.
Because those others are properly designed data centres, this is the minimum viable product to keep the computers running and cooled with zero regard to the environmental impact.
@@TheTechnoPilot
Property designed to make too much noise for residents?
"amazon-tones-down-its-data-center-noise-after-residents-sound-the-alarm"
Took them a year.
@@TheTechnoPilot
Here is another headline.
Virginia's 'Data Center Alley' residents say an eerie hum is keeping them up at night
Stop being a lazy hack and do the research before babbling.
12:00 "And to really have Govt. out of the way" well ya got what ya wanted and this is what deregulation looks like......................... So suck it up you wanted it🤣🤣
oh damn, gotta move those miners. underground. also, cooler underground. also, vote for politicians who take zoning seriously.
Yeah doctor is need to talk about bit crime 😂
Only way Time will travel to Texas.. Bitcoin!
Oh, the irony! Texans, proud defenders of their right to bear arms, now find themselves powerless against the deafening noise of a Bitcoin farm. One would think that a community so dedicated to their firearms might take a more... direct approach to solving this nuisance. But no, it seems the sound of gunfire is more acceptable than the hum of mining rigs. Perhaps they're saving their ammo for something more critical, or maybe they're just hoping the noise will drive the Bitcoin out faster than their bullets ever could.
LMAO the irony is creeeeeeamy! They loved the sound of the gas production plant right? That’s why it was moved… 😂 😅and the environmental impact 😅
Didn't care about the environment why should we care that its a bit loud for you
Wa the coins at ? So made up !
Now they will want to California. High regulation state.
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Jesus... "My dog's hair fell out because of the noise". (some) Americans NEED a conspiracy or anything to be outraged about. People have never in all of human history lived in noisy industrial areas? What a joke.
“Poor white farmers.” 😂
I get that the noise is annoying but I doubt it’s causing old man’s heart to stop. He probably has a bad heart.
Bitcoin doesnt take away any kind of electricity which is rare at high market prices. Miners just run if there is too much electricity available in the grid to stabilize supply and demand.
And you’ve done studies and research for how long?
@@terrancekayton007 The more I read your comments the more I think you're the one who has not done enough research and is blabbering your ignorance on people who have done due diligence
@@pooh6546 Stop acting like you have, when you struggle to use remedial grammar. You are basically a spastic.
Imagine how delusional you would have to be to believe this. The electricity it consumes was made by burning gas, by not mining you would save gas. Only in coo coo world bitcoin mining does not take away energy.
Bitcoin utilizes a lot of electricity for mining and does also harm the environment at the point if electricity generation.
Shoulda bought some Bitcoin folks!!!!
I have zero sympathy. They don’t want any regulations until it comes to them. Leopard eating face party gets shown every time.
Baby boomers just don't understand blockchain.or btc😂
Cry harder.
Dude its greedy people like you that actually make it harder for bitcoin to succeed dumbass. I'd like to see you living there.
Shut down all crypto currency it's pointless.... All countries have tender and know what the equivalent is in each country or can easily find out 🎉
What about the vax 💉.
BTC doesn't cause you to get a pacemaker. Poor diet causes you to get a pacemaker 💯
The case just went to trial. The jury found all 12 citations unreasonable and David Fischer was found not guilty on all counts. Biased much time?
So Texas business regulation isn’t strict enough?! 🤣 Go figure!
😂 women sure complain a lot.
Someone should goto their city council and tell them all to buy bitcoin and move out 5 years later when they’re millionaires
People complaining about the sound of the greatest asset humanity has ever seen. Fail.
Why do you feel that bitcoin is the greatest asset we’ll ever have? It’s been around for sometime now and it’s not replacing standard currency. Seems like bitcoin, digital currency and NFTs are scams
For something to be as beneficial as you’re claiming you’d think that it wouldn’t come with so many risk warnings.
Dude its greedy people like you that actually make it harder for bitcoin to succeed dumbass. I'd like to see you living there.
Well, people need to quit investing in currency that has now real world value. There is no gold bricks backing the value of bitcoin. It is far too easily inflated by artificial means.
No that’s not how any of this works. There’s no gold bricks backing fake dollars that can be printed at any time. Bitcoin has tons of real world value. There’s an entire park full of miners mining Bitcoin in this video 24/7. It’s like you’re not paying attention
There is nothing backing every fiat currency in the world and most gold that is traded is traded on nothing . The French tried to recover their gold bricks but they did not work out too well. Try again.
You misspelled US Dollar
This comment is actually fucking hilarious.