Used to be CO politics were OK. Then the Dems revved up their cheat machine to turn us red. We're now "California's Mini-Me", so of course our politics are bad.
The authors of those articles were influenced by the music and culture of the time. 1970's dumbass writing an article about climate change... 2010's dumbass writing an article about climate change... Notice the link between these two songs. Can you spot it? If you can (not you expiated, I mean in general), you may not be a dumbass.
speaking for the Cali bill, it's doubtful as there's no provision for custom built hardware which is what most PC based miners are. It also does not bar ASIC or crypto specific miners which make the bulk of the hash rate.
Instead of desktop, can consider a customizable laptop. Check out Framework Laptop and youtube review.
If you live in one of these Lefty states and you want a high-performance computer... looks like you have to BIY, buy used... or even go across the state line to buy used, out-of-state.
But EV's that need 100 or 1000 times more energy are no problem??? One time charging a Tesla asks more energy than running my PC + screens for 3 weeks 24 hours a day.
Computers are not the only items banned from California. https://www.cafe-21.com/california-bans-food-products-crossing-border/