Veronica Olsen 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇴🌻<p>Excellent!</p><p>A Norwegian court has determined that crypto mining is not "industry", and therefore can be excluded in local zoning plans for industry.</p><p>Municipalities in Norway want to exclude them because of the huge energy demands and very few jobs created.</p><p>This is a good decision. These data centres are a massive waste of energy and resources.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Miming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rett24.no/articles/staten-vant-ankesak-om-reguleringsplan--kryptoutvinning-er-ikke-industri" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rett24.no/articles/staten-vant</span><span class="invisible">-ankesak-om-reguleringsplan--kryptoutvinning-er-ikke-industri</span></a></p>