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In reply to the discussion: Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts [View all]Aussie105
(8,378 posts)23. Are the responsible people in government watching this?
You know, the career public servants, who watch the nitty-gritty details of your daily lives, making life bearable, like keeping the lights on, keeping water and sewage at your place flowing, etc?
What do they think of data centres?
If those go unrestricted, we are heading for a dystopian future.
Sitting in your cold living room in winter, with only a candle for light, while the data center next door is humming and bathed in lights everywhere.
And in summer? No AC, just cold showers every 30 minutes and sitting in front of a fan.
Welcome to the future!
You may not like it.
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Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts [View all]
BumRushDaShow
14 hrs ago
OP
I was contemplating the sheer number of lights on at closed businesses last night, its insane they are allowed to waste
Blues Heron
14 hrs ago
#1
True but that led to things being lit that never were before like individual shelves in grocery stores.
Blues Heron
12 hrs ago
#7
thats how it starts - in the cooler, unwelcome lights glaring right into the beer, turning it skunky
Blues Heron
11 hrs ago
#14
good old yankee frugality! Glad to hear that. The extreme lighting is a problem. even if its not the largest segment
Blues Heron
9 hrs ago
#22
Would require a lot of acreage, but some combination of wind and solar with battery storage could perhaps work.
pat_k
11 hrs ago
#13
Meanwhile, Trump is paying businesses to not build renewable energy projects.
SamuelAdams
12 hrs ago
#8
Well, if his criminal war on Iran did anything, the obscene gas prices gave a boost to electric cars.
pat_k
11 hrs ago
#17