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The link in the article doesn't provide any evidence of the steel mill vs data center claim. I'll be charitable and assume that he got his links mixed up becau
by Kon-Peki 3y ago
The link in the article doesn't provide any evidence of the steel mill vs data center claim. I'll be charitable and assume that he got his links mixed up because he's got the same target URL for two links.
But anyway... I don't think we need many more steel mills. Most steel production is actually the recycling of old steel. We are very close to being in a steady-state loop with regards to steel. So you need to find other uses for cheap power ;)
- Gibbon1 3y agoI think reprocessing scrap steel is a really good candidate for solar. Capitalization costs are low enough it's worth it to chase the lowest priced electricity. Doesn't matter if the lowest cost is at night or during the day. Solar is probably better because the marginal cost is close to zero. meaning if you're buying electricity at night from a nat gas plant the plant still has to burn natural gas to supply you power. But you buying excess capacity from a solar farm doesn't cost the solar farm anything.