Your electric bill is SKYROCKETING because of one MASSIVE change

[livingston]

Your electric bill is SKYROCKETING because of one MASSIVE change​

Electric bills across the country are still going up, despite the prices of things like eggs and gas going down. Glenn explains how AI server farms, built by companies like Microsoft and Amazon, are likely to blame...

 

[spat]

Eh, widespread adoption of electric cars is probably using more power than datacenters.

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

Don't forget the revenue decoupling mechanism

 

[fresch]

Just so long as my cat videos and food pictures are safe in the clouds.

 

[Defilade]

Just so long as my cat videos and food pictures are safe in the clouds.

What the.......

 

[JunkBoxFull]

Guess what else is going to get a 30% jump in premiums....?????? ObummerCare!

 

[fresch]

What the.......

That's what all the power is needed for; people saving bull shit to the clouds.
"They are over head"

 

[spat]

That's what all the power is needed for; people saving bull shit to the clouds.
"They are over head"

"The cloud" is just a fancy way of saying "someone else's computer".

 

[fresch]

No cumalla said they are around us over head.
Who ya gonna believe!?

 

[livingston]

California State Retirement Fund Lost 71% of $468 Million Clean Energy Investment​

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) for state employees lost 71 percent of a $468 million private equity investment into clean energy.
Because CalPERS pension benefits are only 79 percent funded, the California taxpayer and state government have to make up for the other 21 percent. With a high pension shortfall of $180 billion, CalPERS’ investment strategies into private equity have come under scrutiny, per The Center Square:

Comments: WEB

 

[SonOfSun]

"The cloud" is just a fancy way of saying "someone else's computer".

"The cloud...."

Ah, so you mean a server.

 

[spat]

"The cloud...."

Ah, so you mean a server.

Ahh, but it's someone *else's* server.

That's what makes it the cloud

 

[CaseHardened]

These Server Farms don't want to pay high prices ... even though they can.

Widespread adoption of Nuclear Power is now inevitable.

And that's a good thing.