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Mostly benefiting the fossil fuel industry. How are they going to power this? Gas is the only option that can be implemented within single years. And this is go

by jwr 2y ago

Mostly benefiting the fossil fuel industry. How are they going to power this? Gas is the only option that can be implemented within single years. And this is going to need a lot of power. Who cares about the planet, anyway.

admissionsguy 2y ago
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- unethical_ban 2y ago
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- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  Pollution and climate change are two separate problems (both linked to the fossil fuel industry).
andrepd 2y ago
Trump just rescinded licenses for offshore wind farms via an EO. We're fucking cooked (and I mean this literally)
- bayindirh 2y ago
  Before downvoting the OP and, for more information, see: https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-trump-executive-order-995a744c3c1a2eddb30cacf50b681f13 https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-tru... https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing-permitting-executive-orders-energy/737835/ https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing...
- cko 2y ago
  > Offshore wind is among the sources of new power generation that will cost the most, at about $100 per megawatt hour for new projects connecting to the grid in 2028, according to estimates from the Energy Information Administration. That includes tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduces the cost of renewable technologies. But onshore wind is one of the cheapest sources, at about $31 on average for new projects. I mean, I can see how numbers wise this decision makes sense.
secondcoming 2y ago
For $500bn they can build a nuclear power plant dedicated to these data centres
- ReptileMan 2y ago
  They can build a couple. With nuclear money is rarely the issue. It is that it takes forever because reasons.
  - Andrex 2y ago
    It's not like the current admin respects the rule of law anyways...
- notTooFarGone 2y ago
  Ah so it's commissioned in 2040 and renewables already made it obsolete.
noisy_boy 2y ago
There probably will be a clause of mandatory consumption of a given percentage of power generated from coal ensuring continued coal generation of a given minimum providing excellent talking-points for broadcasting to the incumbent's base.
sebazzz 2y ago
> Who cares about the planet, anyway. Maybe at some point they are going to AI themselves out of climate change. Well.. except for the part where they don’t believe in man-escalated climate change.

by jwr 2y ago

admissionsguy 2y ago

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unethical_ban 2y ago
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insane_dreamer 2y ago
Pollution and climate change are two separate problems (both linked to the fossil fuel industry).

andrepd 2y ago

Trump just rescinded licenses for offshore wind farms via an EO. We're fucking cooked (and I mean this literally)

bayindirh 2y ago
Before downvoting the OP and, for more information, see: https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-trump-executive-order-995a744c3c1a2eddb30cacf50b681f13 https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-tru... https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing-permitting-executive-orders-energy/737835/ https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing...
cko 2y ago
> Offshore wind is among the sources of new power generation that will cost the most, at about $100 per megawatt hour for new projects connecting to the grid in 2028, according to estimates from the Energy Information Administration. That includes tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduces the cost of renewable technologies. But onshore wind is one of the cheapest sources, at about $31 on average for new projects. I mean, I can see how numbers wise this decision makes sense.

secondcoming 2y ago

For $500bn they can build a nuclear power plant dedicated to these data centres

ReptileMan 2y ago
They can build a couple. With nuclear money is rarely the issue. It is that it takes forever because reasons.
- Andrex 2y ago
  It's not like the current admin respects the rule of law anyways...
notTooFarGone 2y ago
Ah so it's commissioned in 2040 and renewables already made it obsolete.

noisy_boy 2y ago

There probably will be a clause of mandatory consumption of a given percentage of power generated from coal ensuring continued coal generation of a given minimum providing excellent talking-points for broadcasting to the incumbent's base.

sebazzz 2y ago

> Who cares about the planet, anyway. Maybe at some point they are going to AI themselves out of climate change. Well.. except for the part where they don’t believe in man-escalated climate change.