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I don't think any of us are saying switch off fossil fuels tonight and see what happens.. or that they weren't important to "get...
Dec 27, 2025
Very funny. And what were the energy alternatives 70 years ago? Or even 30 years ago? Of course there weren't any, or only available...
Dec 27, 2025
I mean by definition anything the government does is politically motivated or "politics"? :)
Agreed it's a joke we haven't dealt...
Dec 27, 2025
In my naive world, “goodness” all comes down to this set of curves for data center inference - cost per million tokens, with cost...
Dec 27, 2025
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An obvious answer from the boosters of renewables would be to build even bigger battery systems.
But our biggest problem is requiring...
Dec 27, 2025
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In my naive world, “goodness” all comes down to this set of curves for data center inference - cost per million tokens, with cost...
Dec 27, 2025
There’s an argument often made that the US has had an “oil for security policy” with most of the oil producers in the Middle East that...
Dec 27, 2025
Defense examples specifically (resource subsidies via military budget)...
Dec 27, 2025
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You’re right - utility scale batteries (and pumped hydropower) can actually do more than peakers because they can absorb excess...
Dec 27, 2025
Actually, peaker plants exist so you can build base-load generation to some calculated level, like the 95th percentile load, rather than...
Dec 27, 2025
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There’s an argument often made that the US has had an “oil for security policy” with most of the oil producers in the Middle East that...
Dec 27, 2025
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I agree with your overall sentinment/post, but renewables not being able to baseline or handle peak power ignores how far grid-scale...
Dec 27, 2025
I agree with your overall sentinment/post, but renewables not being able to baseline or handle peak power ignores how far grid-scale...
Dec 27, 2025
The end of damming rivers started in the 1960s, the complete until very recently end of licencing new nuclear power plants began with...
Dec 27, 2025
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In my experience yield is more likely to asymptotically approach 100% (usually more like 95-98% for a mature process) than increase...
Dec 27, 2025
Xebec replied to the thread AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service.I don't think any of us are saying switch off fossil fuels tonight and see what happens.. or that they weren't important to "get...
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Very funny. And what were the energy alternatives 70 years ago? Or even 30 years ago? Of course there weren't any, or only available...