Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or the emergency room with these symptoms. The development of large-scale Bitcoin mines and data centers is quite new, and most of them are housed in extremely remote places. There have been no major medical studies on the impacts of living near one. But there is an increasing body of scientific studies linking prolonged exposure to noise pollution with cardiovascular damage.
Hey buddy? This is you, dying on that hill.
You’re not pedantic. You’re a crank. People have been freaking out about radio waves since the late 1800s and literally all of the evidence says you’re wrong. Stop playing make-believe, and stop aping how scientists sound when they deal with people like you.
Please stand directly in front of a broadcast radio transmitter and let me know the results.