Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
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#2> In Texas, a dramatic increase in data centers for crypto mining is touching off a debate over whether they are a costly drain on an overtaxed grid. An analysis by the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie found that the energy needed by crypto operations aiming to link to the grid would equal a quarter of the electricity used in the state at peak demand. Unlike data centers operated by big tech companies such as Google and Meta, crypto miners generally don’t build renewable-energy projects with the aim of supplying enough zero-emissions energy to the grid to cover their operations.
> The result, said Ben Hertz-Shargel, who authored the Wood Mackenzie analysis, is that crypto’s drain on the grid threatens to inhibit the ability of Texas to power other energy-hungry operations that could drive innovation and economic growth,
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#3By law it should be compulsory to install enough renewable power to one’s requirement and grid should only be used as load balancing body.
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#4By law it should be compulsory to install enough renewable power to one’s requirement and grid should only be used as load balancing body.
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#5By law it should be compulsory to install enough renewable power to one’s requirement and grid should only be used as load balancing body.
That would sucks for my downstairs neighbours, then. And for the company across the backyard, which makes radios and stuff, centrally located in the city. The school in the next street it would have a problem, too.
Summing up: You want more suburbia and less city center.
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#6Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39629271
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#7By law it should be compulsory to install enough renewable power to one’s requirement and grid should only be used as load balancing body.
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#8By law it should be compulsory to install enough renewable power to one’s requirement and grid should only be used as load balancing body.
That would sucks for my downstairs neighbours, then. And for the company across the backyard, which makes radios and stuff, centrally located in the city. The school in the next street it would have a problem, too. Summing up: You want more suburbia and less city center.
The power generation wouldn't necessarily need to happen on-premises, would it?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
That would sucks for my downstairs neighbours, then. And for the company across the backyard, which makes radios and stuff, centrally located in the city. The school in the next street it would have a problem, too. Summing up: You want more suburbia and less city center.
The power generation wouldn't necessarily need to happen on-premises, would it?
You could outsource it to specialised power generation companies. Like you do in today's world.
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#10By law it should be compulsory to install enough renewable power to one’s requirement and grid should only be used as load balancing body.
Also, everybody should be required to grow their own food. Food insecurity solved!