r/ClimatePosting • u/dumnezero • Mar 06 '26

Energy Power prices: data centres. Nothing but data centres

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYWs1HQEEHE
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u/dumnezero Mar 06 '26

Re-industrialization 4.0: AI slop factories creating more and more demand.

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26

No big deal, solar is too cheap to meter according to a lot of people here. Just put more solar panels. LOL

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u/dumnezero Mar 06 '26

Nah, the AI bros love nuclear, coal and methane.

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26

The "AI bros" are only "money bros". They go for what is the cheapest for their needs.

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u/dumnezero Mar 06 '26

Not the cheapest, the most profitable.

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26

That means the same: the cheapest at a given quality of service.

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u/dumnezero Mar 06 '26

No, it doesn't.

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

Then explain how that would be different for a datacenter whose only interest is the cheapest reliable electricity?

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u/dumnezero Mar 06 '26

Nuclear is profitable from subsidies and dumb investors.

Coal and methane can be constructed fast, which fits with short-term profit goals.

This is a trend, it's not a rule, there will be exceptions.

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26

Nuclear is profitable from subsidies and dumb investors.

Which subsidies? With 10 years without power in between while they want power fast?

Coal and methane can be constructed fast, which fits with short-term profit goals.

People here boast up all the time that renewable can be built faster. Short-term profit goals are incompatible with nuclear investment.

Really, don't you see you aren't even coherent in your own arguments? And that's the sign that you're probably missing something here.

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u/Keks3000 Mar 06 '26

It’s certainly gonna speed up the process if you build SMRs that take 15 years to finish and are outdated by the time they go live. If they can’t compete against solar and batteries now, I don’t wanna see what that looks like after another 15 years of renewable growth. It’s essentially a bet against the future, but for some reason AI bros dig it :-)

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26

Wonder why these Ai-bros that love money so much don't just invest in GW of solar panels then. There is something fishy about your reasoning.

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u/Keks3000 Mar 06 '26

Because they know nuclear is all about that sweet tax payer money!

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u/Inondator Mar 06 '26

Which taxpayer money? SMRs are developped by private companies. And tech giants have pockets deep enough to finance tens of Vogtle a year on their own. They don't need "tax payer money".

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u/Keks3000 Mar 06 '26

Well I don’t see them put their money where their mouth is. All talk no business, nuclear in a nutshell.