Kuwait is cracking down on crypto mining due to the strain it's causing to the grid, which is roughly split between oil- and gas-fired generators. 

What do you guys think of this? 

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kuwait-cracks-down-cryptocurrency-mining-amid-power-crisis-2025-05-01/

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Miners can easily set up their own generators as Gas is stupid cheap there.

Yeah a lot of these operators are greedy and don't care about the side effects of their operations.

so it was foolish to ever be drawing from the grid, you mean?