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Crypto mining, the cloud, now AI, all colossal energy eaters. Within the next decade it is likely that another new technology will push demand far higher.

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Jul 14Liked by Thomas J Shepstone

You are a hero of mine, Tom.

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You are too kind, Steve!

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Jul 10Liked by Thomas J Shepstone

Great perspective. If the government subsidies for wind and solar are curtailed by a new administration, and the animas against fossil fuel and nuclear is lessened, the market will take care of the rest, to the extent that it's freed up. Go nuclear!

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Jul 10·edited Jul 10Liked by Thomas J Shepstone

Thank you for an informative essay. The last time there was large U.S. data center growth was between the late 1990s and 2001. Data centers provide "lifeline" services in the form of a reliable internet, something that most take for granted in the U.S. See this January 28, 2024 Bloomberg article, "Blackstone Is Building a $25 Billion Empire of Power-Hungry Data Centers," by Dawn Lim.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/blackstone-is-building-a-25-billion-ai-data-center-empire

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Jul 10Liked by Thomas J Shepstone

Virtue signaling meets big rock?

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Yes!!!

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Jul 10Liked by Thomas J Shepstone

Follow the money, show me the incentives, I’ll tell you the outcome in advance…..

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