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We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill [video]

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156 points xbmcuser | 3 comments | 04 Sep 25 12:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. jollyllama ◴[04 Sep 25 14:46 UTC] No.45127898[source]▶
The real reason is that fossil fuel plants have been offlined and decommissioned, and the reason this occurred is because they were made unprofitable by punitive regulation far more so than market forces.
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2. ac29 ◴[04 Sep 25 15:05 UTC] No.45128125[source]▶
> fossil fuel plants have been offlined and decommissioned

Coal is down, but there has never been more natural gas generation in the US: https://www.epa.gov/power-sector/power-sector-evolution

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3. jollyllama ◴[04 Sep 25 16:24 UTC] No.45129003[source]▶
Yes, perhaps I should have said coal.