BurgerBaron@quokk.au to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoWe have brownouts in the summer and Kevin O'Leary wants a Data Center built here.quokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1572file-text
arrow-up1572external-linkWe have brownouts in the summer and Kevin O'Leary wants a Data Center built here.quokk.auBurgerBaron@quokk.au to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 month agoThats part of the backlash though. The people, would MUCH prefer the infrastructure get updated for EVs, not just a single pipe for Data Center kickbacks to council members.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI’m not disagreeing with the sentiment, just clarifying that the grid, as it stands today, is inadequate for a full electric future. That wasn’t a lie. Clearly it is doable, they just choose not to because it isn’t as profitable.
Thats part of the backlash though.
The people, would MUCH prefer the infrastructure get updated for EVs, not just a single pipe for Data Center kickbacks to council members.
I’m not disagreeing with the sentiment, just clarifying that the grid, as it stands today, is inadequate for a full electric future. That wasn’t a lie. Clearly it is doable, they just choose not to because it isn’t as profitable.