Re: the power of junk, Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?

On Sun, 25 May 2025 20:24:42 +0000, Lars Poulsen wrote:

On 2025-05-24, BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> wrote:

I am aware though they are apparently building a new aluminum plant /
refinery somewhere in the area (near Inola). Will apparently be the
biggest aluminum plant in the US once finished.
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Looking it up, seems the current going rate for power (for
commercial/industrial use):
   $0.05 / kWh (general)
   $0.02 / kWh (off-peak)
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I guess the area is known partly for having comparably cheap
electricity, vs current US average price of $0.19/kWh.
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Looks it up, most of the local power plants are using natural gas.
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Looks up more, apparently Oklahoma also has cheaper natural gas, at
around $5 per thousand cubic feet, vs $13 (US average). Apparently
Oklahoma and Texas are among the top producers of natural gas in the US
(well, besides Pennsylvania; which also makes a lot).
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I wonder if this is because they are capturing "waste" methane at the
wellhead of fracked oil wells. I know thay used to consider methane
by-product at oil wellheads to be worthless waste, to be flared off
on-site, until EPA started fining them for the practice.

On my oil wells in west Texas, they flared gas until the gas pipeline
could be built to a gas processing/pumping station. It is unreasonable
to transport gas from well head to pumping station using trucks.