Subj : Trump or Harris?
To   : Nightfox
From : DaiTengu
Date : Wed Aug 28 2024 11:37:56

  Re: Trump or Harris?
  By: Nightfox to KnightMare on Tue Aug 27 2024 01:14 pm

 Kn>> The Dems want electric cars... But in the state of CA, they have rolling
 Kn>> blackouts. I remember 1-2 years they BRAODCASTED ON TV, they were having
 Kn>> roling blacouts, DO NOT CHARGE YOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WTF?!?!!?

 Ni> That's a symptom of bad planning.  It seems like a mess that they've been
 Ni> pushing electric cars so much before all the infrastructure has really
 Ni> been built up enough to support them..

 It's not just electric cars that are driving this. Climate change causes air conditioners to run more often and for longer periods which uses a LOT of energy.  

Datacenters are another big consumer of power, even if they claim to
be "Carbon neutral". Northern Virginia has nearly 500 datacenters, mostly in Loudon, Fairfax and Prince William counties.  Over the next 15 years power demands are expected to grow by 85%.  They're building new power plants (Natural Gas) as fast as possible there, but the rate seems unsustainble. 

Honestly they should be plunking down nuclear plants. It's "greener" than solar or wind, and FAR safer than fossil-fuel powered plants.   Most nuclear waste is stored on site until it's radioactivity is at or below normal background levels (takes less than 10 years for the majority of it).  Even the core material can be safely stored on site for decades if needed since it takes up so little space.

The only real drawback to nuclear is that the plants are expensive and take a long time to build.  

....Landru!  Guide us!

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