As complaints mounted at the top of 2024, the company contended it did not know about the extent of the sound issues. “We are now the owners, but we are not the operator. USBTC is still the operator. Prior to the purchase, we were not aware of the noise issues,” a Marathon representative wrote to TIME in an email in January. “Now that we own the site and have been made aware of the issue, we are working to gather information and address the situation.”
She then developed so many ear infections that Rosenkranz pulled her from school in March and learned how to homeschool her for the rest of the semester.
What about the other students at her school? Are they all being homeschooled?
Not trying to be mean but genuinely curious about the other students
No one would want to live next to noise like this, bitcoiner or not. While pollution from other industries goes mostly unreported, we should be thankful for the scrutiny and view this kind of thing as an opportunity to make bitcoin even more unassailable. Noise is relatively easy to manage too if the people creating the noise care to manage it.
TL;DR: focus on one of Marathon's BTC mining facilities that is creating huge noise pollution that is likely causing health issues for local residents. Residents are mostly powerless against Marathon as there is no law against noise pollution and Marathon is very powerful.
Interesting read. Apparently lots of folks are turning up with health issues, perhaps from the sounds [I'm thinking harmonics]. Could be FUD, but could be very real.
For the first time, I'm hearing that Bitcoin mining can make noise pollution as well. If that's true, those anti-bitcoin groups will find another opportunity to say Bitcoin is not good for the world.
If true, what this mining op is doing is VERY high time preference and antithetical to bitcoin.
What do I mean?
It is incredibly foolish to ignore how your operation affects your neighbors. Especially when it can be fixed like mining noise. These people will get tired of this and will figure out how to hurt the company. The fact that Time has a story on this and it isn't the typical nonsense story we get says a lot.
Low time preference is getting connected to the community. Listening to their concerns. Making changes. Contributing to the improvement of the community.
Not done by the force of the state, but my choice. It says a LOT more when companies contribute to their communities and become good neighbors. I have lived in small towns that LOVED the companies in their town. Why? Because they were good to the community.
Being kind and considerate doesn't pay today, but it does in the long run.
People that want the state to regulate things aren't all wrong. They see a problem. People being jerks and causing harm and the only solution they see is the state using violence to "fix it".
If you DO want to live in a country with less state power start thinking about how you can self-regulate by being a good neighbor. We focus on not depending on the state for protection and money but not enough on becoming the kind of people we should be.
“The European Environmental Agency tells us that everything above 55 decibels is making us sick,” he says. The fact that the Granbury Bitcoin mine is emitting 70 or even 90 decibels on a nightly basis is “like torture,” he says. “The most spectacular cardiovascular diseases will develop. They have to stop the machines.”
I'm pretty sure downtown NYC is around or above 55 decibels but I can't imagine living there. If they are 70-90 db that is terrible. And ASICs are that loud.
They don't have to stop the machines though. This is a fixable problem.
I feel like most big cities, especially ones like NYC, are pretty loud. I don’t know a decibel rating for reference but it’s astronomically different than what I imagine living in the county in question is like (pre-mine, of course). This has to be a major shock to all residents
Hood County may proceed later against the company itself
Marathon’s site manager at its Granbury, Texas facility has been found not liable for the alleged noise violation that recently brought the bitcoin mining giant into the spotlight.
According to a local news report (lhttps://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article289926739.html) on Wednesday, Marathon’s site manager David Fischer was acquitted of 12 noise violation charges after a two-day trial this week.
According to Hood County News, Hood County Attorney Matt Mills stated that the jurors reached a unanimous verdict that Fischer is not “personally responsible,” although the jurors who gave him feedback reportedly agreed that the low-hum frequency sound from the site is an “unreasonable noise.”
“I’m disappointed for the victims. We may proceed later against the company itself,” Mills was quoted as saying.
That's a helluva update. Sounds like the country will have to sue or regulate according to the court.
Does this say you are not responsible, but fix it?
According to Hood County News, Hood County Attorney Matt Mills stated that the jurors reached a unanimous verdict that Fischer is not “personally responsible,” although the jurors who gave him feedback reportedly agreed that the low-hum frequency sound from the site is an “unreasonable noise.”
Granbury is a city in Hood County, Texas, located about 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth. As of the 2020 census, Granbury had a population of 10,958 and is the principal city of the Granbury micropolitan statistical area[1].
The city is named after Confederate General Hiram B. Granbury and started as a square with a log cabin courthouse. Many buildings on the historic downtown square are registered landmarks, including the Granbury Opera House which still hosts live productions[1].
In 1969, a dam was built on the Brazos River, forming Lake Granbury, a long narrow lake that flows through the city. This recent expansion was made possible by the lake[1].
Granbury is known as the "Celebration Capital of Texas" and hosts many festivals and events year-round. It was voted USA Today's Best Historic Small Town in America in 2019, 2020 and 2021[3]. The city offers a variety of attractions including the historic downtown square, cultural sites, culinary experiences, live performances, annual festivals, and outdoor recreation on Lake Granbury[4].
The question I will always ask is: Are the people who are getting sick people who have accepted the MRNA "vaccines" into their lives? I mean initial jab, #2 jab and "boosted"?
No Agenda has noticed and deconstructed many "health events" that are happening since 2020 and it the same, heart trouble, cancer gone wild. None of the medical professionals connected with pig pharma incentive programs will even ask this question and they are more than happy to find another cause.
The next item is sound. Yes, high decibel sound will make you sick. No doubt. If marathon wants to be a good steward they need to put up concrete sound barriers like many city highways have, or they need to put the sea containers in the ground.
From 1995 to 2000 I was an Army National Guard Fire Support Specialist (13F) (DIVARTY (light)). I had a humvee and a big generator that I hauled with me. THis powered 3 radios, 4 computers, a fax machine, digitizer and other goodies. For a two week operation I would get the engineers to dig a big hole and we put my generator trailer in it.
As noise and light discipline is important to the operation a noisy diesel generator is a great way to get shot or mortar checked. The hole and the the complete terrain immersion created a super silent situation. It was not uncommon to get lost on moonless nights in scrub pine forests because you could not see or hear anything.
We have huge data centers in Northern Virginia and they are for the government, Amazon, Google, Facebook and all big businesses. They create noise, heat and use a whole lot of power. They will provide a device to monitor your home power use while the infrastructure to use that internet of things device is more than you will use in your lifetime.
Everyone needs a bitcoin mining device, transaction device and communication device in their home. As cluster computing seems to be a yesterday theme it would seem that an appliance maker would be the one to make this happen. Unfortunately people don't want to deal with money. They just want liquidity. So there is that.
The Jab?
The Sound?
Data Centers in Northern Virginia
Big Operation Suck, Blow and need to be decentralized