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Farmer-Rick

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13. I was near 3 mile island when it had its melt down

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2024, 10:38 AM

Sep 2024

I remember how nervous everyone was. I had a go bag packed and ready.

So, we have a damaged nuclear power plant being put back into production. But the good news is.....

"For the first time ever, U.S. electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind exceeded nuclear power plants' power output in the first half of 2024, according to data from energy think tank Ember quoted by Reuters columnist Gavin Maguire.

Electricity generation from solar and wind hit a record-high of 401.4 terawatt hours (TWh) between January and June 2024, surpassing the 390.5 TWh of power generated from nuclear power plants, Ember's data showed."

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Solar-and-Wind-Power-Generation-Tops-Nuclear-for-First-Time.amp.html

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Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant, sell the power to Microsoft for AI [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 OP

It's like a real world sharknado genxlib Sep 2024 #1

Didn't realize unit 1 had been in operation up to 2019. captain queeg Sep 2024 #2

That one wasn't damaged BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #4

If AI requires a nuclear reactor to work Miguelito Loveless Sep 2024 #3

ai hell. they're using it to mine bitcoins. rampartd Sep 2024 #19

They worry about power for AI? Hell they have to update their crap OS seemingly every day Bengus81 Sep 2024 #5

That's my energy overlord!!! wolfie001 Sep 2024 #6

Thankfully I'm 100+ miles away from TMI BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #7

I'm down in Frederick Maryland and have seen the plant from various roads since the mid '80s wolfie001 Sep 2024 #8

I did a class trip to Limerick, which was under construction BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #11

Must be a lot of Irish there wolfie001 Sep 2024 #12

LOL BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #14

Yeah, that and Bitcoin. Kid Berwyn Sep 2024 #9

Tremendous waste of energy for both crypto and generative AI, both of which do much more harm than good. highplainsdem Sep 2024 #16

The more AI I see and hear the more I hate it. nt yaesu Sep 2024 #10

I've been learning as much as I can about generative AI for more than a year and a half now, ever highplainsdem Sep 2024 #17

I was near 3 mile island when it had its melt down Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #13

I think one of the resons why this might have been revived was due to issues with some offshore wind turbine projects BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #15

Shippingsport nuclear plant Deminpenn Sep 2024 #18

I was wondering BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #21

It makes sense Deminpenn Sep 2024 #23

Crypto. AI. Surveillance. orthoclad Sep 2024 #20

Nukes are good for base loading, a constant output usually close to the max. captain queeg Sep 2024 #22

Nuclear power plant and artificial intelligence... what could go wrong? IcyPeas Sep 2024 #24