Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
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Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#2This is so unacceptable. Build as many data centers as you want, but fossil fuels NEED to stop yesterday.
Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#3I wish there was a source of energy that has 100-1000x energy density compare to other sources and it is controllable so capacity factory is close to 100. Ohh wait.
Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#4This is so unacceptable. Build as many data centers as you want, but fossil fuels NEED to stop yesterday.
Imagine that you need to explain to a type II alien that your species still burns things.
Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#5This is so unacceptable. Build as many data centers as you want, but fossil fuels NEED to stop yesterday.
I mean, marginally, any data center (or mall, house, but the numbers involved are smaller) you'll build in Texas is going to be a lot of tons of CO2 just from their added marginal power consumption
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Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#7It seems strange for this article to word this as a new or unusual source of pollution, natural gas is the primary source of energy in the US, adding 10% to existing thermal fleet in ERCOT https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards is not a huge deal and its disingenuous to say this one plant will become a "top source of US pollution".
Solar generation buildout in ERCOT is also proceeding very quickly, the new Tesla megapack factory outside Houston and proposed new solar factory will help speed up the transition to sustainable energy.
Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#8This is so unacceptable. Build as many data centers as you want, but fossil fuels NEED to stop yesterday.
Imagine that you need to explain to a type II alien that your species still burns things.
Imagine the type II alien nods with understanding in a human way that your species just isn't ready and it might not ever be as it erases your memory of the encounter and returns to the stars, stopping only to scan your anal sphincter because all the type II civilizations remain puzzled by it.
Or maybe you'd prefer this?
Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#9I wish there was a source of energy that has 100-1000x energy density compare to other sources and it is controllable so capacity factory is close to 100. Ohh wait.
Unless you're French.
Re: Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
#10I wish there was a source of energy that has 100-1000x energy density compare to other sources and it is controllable so capacity factory is close to 100. Ohh wait.
Amazon is also investing in nuclear power for data centers:
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/amazon-updates-s...
However, building new nuclear reactors is a slow process. These reactors aren't expected to be built before the 2030s.
China is currently the fastest at bringing new reactors online. Even there it takes 6-7 years from construction start to commercial power generation, e.g. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinese-reactors...