Sujet : Re: power shortages
De : bill.sloman (at) *nospam* ieee.org (Bill Sloman)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 08. Mar 2024, 06:06:36
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On 8/03/2024 8:37 am, john larkin wrote:
On Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:22:44 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:
On Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:13:56 -0800, John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com>
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amid-explosive-demand-america-is-running-out-of-power/ar-BB1jtM69
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Increasing demand and declining reliable supply could put people in
the dark.
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Bitcoin mining is insane. AI, probably, too.
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All those wankers that bought electric cars.
Imagine
all electric cars
Would mean that the US would need 30% more generating capacity than it has now.
all electric house and hot water heating
Sounds sensible.
no nukes
Very sensible - they take ages to build and produce very expensive electricity.
no coal
Equally sensible. Wind and solar both produce electricity at a lower price per kilowatt hour.
no ng
Less sensible. Burning natural gas doesn't produce cheap electricity either, but you can turn on a natural gas fired turbine generator in a few minutes, on those rare occasions when you need it. Grid scale storage is a better solution, but it may take a while to install enough of it. Even longer if the fossil carbon extraction industry can slow it down.
destroy hydro dams
Why would you do that?
Imagine lots of darkness.
The fossil carbon extraction industry does a lot of that. They imagine a smaller market for their product, and smaller cash flows, and lie like fury to delay the inevitable.
-- Bill Sloman, Sydney
Re: power shortages
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