[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Possible substitution error: thousands of kilograms of electricity

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Bill Mullins said:
> It seems more likely that kilowatts was replaced with kilograms.

Thanks for your response, Bill. Your suggestion of an alternative
hypothesis is thoughtful. Here is the story in "The Scottish Sun".
This evidence indicates that "pounds of electricity" was changed to
"kilograms of electricity".

Perhaps the change was performed by an automated script that replaced
"pounds of" with "kilograms of".

Website: The Scottish Sun
Article: CRYPTO RAID Cops find giant Bitcoin ‘mine’ stealing thousands
of pounds of electricity during warehouse drug raid
Author: Hana Carter
Timestamp: 14:39, 28 May 2021 Updated: 18:12, 28 May 2021

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/7177171/cops-find-bitcoin-mine/

[Begin excerpt]
COPS were stunned to find a Bitcoin "mine" stealing thousands of
pounds of electricity during a suspected warehouse drug raid.

Officers in the West Midlands thought they were about to bust a
cannabis farm - but were met with the advanced tech scam instead.
Cryptocurrencies have to be "mined" in order to be created, which
involves solving increasingly complex mathematical puzzles - requiring
more and more powerful computers and significantly more energy.
[End excerpt]

Garson

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