Small modular nuclear reactors of several types are already under development and deployment. Dow Chemical is one stated soon to be user (Dow uses huge amounts of electricity to make chlorine, caustic, and magnesium.
Ya think 20+ million unexpected users could be part of it?.
Guess this explains why Biden didn’t build any EV charging stations.
“Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power”
gosh, who could have ever possibly predicted that!
from 2022
The Digiconomist's Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index estimated that one bitcoin transaction takes 1,449 kWh to complete, or the equivalent of approximately 50 days of power for the average US household.
To put that into money terms, the average cost per kWh in the US is close to 12 cents. That means a bitcoin transaction would generate approximately an energy bill of $173.
Bitcoin mining uses around as much energy as Argentina, according to the Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index, and at that annualized level of 131.26 terawatt-hours, crypto mining would be in the top 30 of countries based on energy consumption.
From 2022 to now the number of Bitcoin mining farms has at least doubled, if not tripled….or more.
That’s modern America — decades late and a zillion kilowatts short. Guess I’ll put that EV purchase on hold. /s
The left are gettign their excuses for brownouts and blackouts ready now for when the increased demands of mandated electric vehicles, electric farm tools, electric everything strain to the breaking point the national electric grid- they will claim that ‘too many people use the internet, creating too much demand’
The corrupt in government create the problems then warn everyone of the terrible consequences of their actions.
If they build an energy-hogging ‘Data Center’ in your state, they need to put a windmill on the roof.
That will take care of all of their power needs! Duh!
*SMIRK*
AOC will introduce a bill to install more wall outlets, in order to increase the electricity supply. Morning Joe will praise her wisdom.
Let the utility companies return to the most efficient and economically sound way of producing electricity, and the electricity shortage problem will be solved very quickly.
For the love of the Almighty revoke Jimmy Carter’s ban on nuclear reprocessing and build out modular fast reactors like they are building in WY on a former coal plant site. 300MW with 500MW peak rating molten salt loop between it’s thermal plant and it’s secondary and primary sodium loops meltdown impossible based on physics of the fuel and sodium pool. Sodium salts down react violently with metallic sodium they already are fully oxidized. You can.use the high temp salt loop for.desalination, district heat or cooling and industrial heating or cooking it’s 600+F using a high temp heat pump you can get to 1000C and then go for cement kiln heat or turn biomass into syngas for synthetic fuels on massive scale think Jet A and ship plus railroad fuels things that will never be electric. Trucks for regional the Tesla Semi is proving to be a solid technology answer on a cents per mile basis.
Long haul should be on trains it’s four times more efficient and doesn’t trash our roads at 16,000 times the wear rates of light duty vehicles but trucker unions will never allow the shift to rail for long haul and only regional trucking. So synthetic natural gas makes sense or hydrogen or alcohols all of which are clean burning something diesel cannot do again due to its long carbon chains soot vs NOx is always a trade off Sir Newton must be honored.
Build nukes by the hundreds in an Henry Ford style line.
OK now for the part that has to be given priority. Hospitals would be high on the legit need list and they do require massive amounts of cooling for diagnostics. Our communications grid is high on the list as would be normal legitimate operations to keep the nation running. Skyscrapers use this type of cooling system also.
Just on what a major level one hospital pays for electrical power in a month you could likely retire and live comfortably. If those units are shut down bad things happen. Besides the MRI' CT, etc shutting down the floors in the hospital would start sweating. I don't mean people I mean the concrete floors. I'm a retired HVAC/Electrical healthcare facility maintenance mechanic. I also worked on chillers in the Navy. Our A/C units were the largest single power demand on the ship and we had 2000 Ton cooling capacity spread out over 10 chill water units. That was in the late 1970's.
I have been on social media trying to explain to the Cult Green Energy EV worshippers why our power grid will not handle this and where we are headed. Not even TVA the nations largest electrical power producer is ready. December 2022 we had rolling blackouts on Christmas Eve and Day for the demand of a typical cold snap. TVA is still hell bent on shutting down coal fired steam plants.
It seems this is administration is trying to inflict as much damage in as many critical places as it can. One can hope the EV producers are figuring this out and cutting production likely to ero after government contracts are filled.
because...
Democrats
Cloward-Piven.
Who do you think they'll shut off first? You and I or those data centers and factories?
they want a mortgage payment outta you for electricity
“Dear Americans, thank you for voting us in so that we can destroy the energy grid, infrastructure, and food supply. Now kindly die.”
And New England is decommissioning the last two coal-fired electricity generating stations.
Oh Joy, Oh Rupture!