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But they can have their own internal fault and have to shutdown.

Pretty much. Except the law of large numbers breaks down in correlated events. Like a black out. What really hurts is are all the rotating machines, especially the one-phase ones (…

My rant was generally about what ought to be done to data centers. In fact, I don't live near Texas. My state is having me finance a power line that will increase demand for our el…

I guessed what the utilization factor for a house was, purposely going for a very high number to show that it wouldn't add too much to the house. Note, In proposing a one time fee,…

For those who dont know why this is important: The loads are slowing down the generators that are burning a well metered amount of fuel to stay at 60Hz. This is a delicate balance …

More scarce resources used to feed the surveillance state's fancy chat bots

If you're large enough your connection to the grid is a negotiation with an engineering team. The utility will force you to put equipment to correct for power factor ( massive capa…

How about an across the board $1/W hook up fee for new customers? Thats about the price of installed capacity per watt. New house with 200 A panel an assumed 30% utilization rate? …

You didn't even know who you were replying to! You spewed BS about the Soyuz, which isn't part of the ISS. Well if minor Soyuz problems are in play, I raise you two Shuttle disinte…

Other than your sanctimonious tone, did you have a point? And your sanctimonious attitude is wrong. This isn't about morality. It's literally about economic devastation being cause…

Well, let's use discernment. Let's also add NH3 plants since those are also electricity hogs. 1. There's no VC distorted market building hundreds of them. At most two Al or NH3 wil…

My dad's first job as an ECE was getting power for an Al smelter. Im quite aware of Al smelters. I chose it as an example because they're crazy power hungry. The other classical ex…

70% of desalinated water wont ever go to agriculture because its too expensive to use for corn. Only very high value crops need apply. But, so what? 30% sewage is still a strong di…

To clarify: I used that "AI" thing google has next go the search

When I used google to get the ieee-488 commands of an arbitrary wave generator from the 80s whose manual doesn't exist on the internet. This is a very long tail search, but by the …

Actually it's easy and ok. Just mix it with the treated sewage right before it returns. Simple mass action implies the salinity hasn't changed. But wait! There's water mass loss du…

Sarcasm aside, your comment actually works: you can use the freshwater from desalination! Just wait for the saltwater to come back around in the sewer.

100:1 is overkill and energetically very wasteful. It's a fairly straightforward chemical engineering problem.

...sea water. You take 10 units of sea water for every unit processed and you'll get a slight increase in salinity. A phase diagram tells you exactly how far you need to go. You kn…

You can dilute the brine in a facility before disposing.

It's exactly the point! Data Centers have a unique capability to damage property, society and the environment. A new aluminum smelter, dirty as they are, wont double your electric …

A capacitive switch is free.

1980s Soviet metallurgy isnt known for corrosion resistance. Now the whole skin is made of that metal. Don't forget the module we're talking about was built in the 80s originally i…

"This sense of national pride" Im Italo-American. The closest I ever got to Russia was my cousin going to Moscow to, and I quote: "learn new things, like how to snort vodka" It see…

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