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70sEraVet

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2. I know next to nothing about this technology

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:41 PM

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But I know that I have a 50 year-old coal-burning power plant near me, that was scheduled to be retired soon (1/2 the plant this year, other half in 2018). It was announced last month that the retirement has been cancelled due to the energy demands of data centers.
Coal never was 'beautiful' nor 'clean'. It wasn't back is Charles Dickens' day, and it isn't now.
China is moving forward. We are regressing. At what point will we go back to burning whale oil?

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Um...the claimed "hurdles" are non-issues, except in the minds of people who don't understand very much about energy. NNadir Friday #1

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