Monero Talk interviews Edward Ra on New York's PoW mining moratorium bill

In this Monero Talk episode¹’², Douglas Tuman interviews Edward Ra³, NY State Assemblyman representing the 19th district, on the proof of work mining moratorium bill A7389C⁴:

[..] Essentially banning companies from setting up proof of work mining farms in NY behind the grid at carbon-based power plants. Ed RA was one of the representatives to debate against it.

Several topics are covered in this interview, such as: energy supply and mining regulations, the official narrative, how regulation affects crypto and the positive side on digital cash.