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		michaelt on Jan 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining to save electric... > If you want to "let the market fix it", poor people won't be able to afford electricity. What do you think of replacing the subsidy with giving citizens/industries electricity vouchers of equivalent value?

abecedarius on Jan 5, 2022 | [–]

Or, y'know, cash.

liuliu on Jan 5, 2022 | [–]

Bureaucracy will be in your way. Who is going to distribute these vouchers? Based on what criteria? What "equivalent" value is going to be?

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