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   Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:28 JST Nicole Parsons

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   @pieist @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell @dragonsidedd

   Nuclear waste?
   https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-dirty-secret-its-leaking-nuclear-waste-dump/video-70237250
   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx6e2x0kdyo

   Nuclear leaks?
   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v6646l9emo

   A nuclear version of Cancer Alley for where POC live?
   https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2024/08/19/radioactive-waste-atom-bomb-disposal-van-buren-township-wayne-county/74814545007/

   Radioactive food supplies?
   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-to-gradually-resume-imports-of-japan-seafood-after-consensus-on-nuclear-waste/3335525

   Illegal dumping?
   https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/19/from-uk-to-norway-drillers-legally-dump-tonnes-of-toxic-radioactive-waste-into-the-north-sea/

   What to do with the Columbia River once radiation from Hanford gets there?
   https://mynorthwest.com/3989510/mayfield-transporting-nuclear-waste-hanford-disaster-waiting-to-happen/

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     Dаn̈ıel Раršlow 🥧 (pieist@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:29 JST Dаn̈ıel Раršlow 🥧

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     @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell @Npars01 @dragonsidedd

     "Too cheap to meter" nuclear is just a few years away... and has been for 60 years now.

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     Crispy Branzino (nimbius666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:30 JST Crispy Branzino

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     @gimulnautti @dragonsidedd @Npars01 @noellemitchell nuclear is not only slow to build and mired in regulatory gates, but slow to roi. Profit does not manifest for sixteen *years* after the plants construction, fueling, and activation to to grid.
     
     Overhead costs are enormous as well. Armed guards, safety crews, training etc...all add up.
     
     Solar, wind and hydro offer turnkey profit in less than a year. Very attractive.
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     Toni Aittoniemi (gimulnautti@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:31 JST Toni Aittoniemi

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     @dragonsidedd @Npars01 @noellemitchell nuclear is slow to build. Gas is what’s being built, because their return on investment works on the scales of political cycles a industry can support.

     And your argument for continuous loads is partially false. Training runs for the mega-models do last for months, but between runs there is great variability. And that’s where gas shines.

     https://www.powermag.com/industry-exec-data-centers-will-drive-demand-for-natural-gas/

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     Dragon-sided D (dragonsidedd@sciencemastodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:33 JST Dragon-sided D

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     @Npars01 @noellemitchell Sorry, that does not track with what the hyperscalars are actually doing. Training runs need high continuous base load and even coal doesn’t do that well.

     In reality, GenAI requirements are turbocharging the drive to carbon-free nuclear

     https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/55139736/oracle-hits-every-major-cloud-via-aws-reveals-plans-for-gigawatt-triple-smr-data-center

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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:34 JST Nicole Parsons

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     No wonder #KochNetwork and the Saudis are investing so heavily in AI; it's a strategy to keep the globe addicted to fossil fuels.
     https://qz.com/saudi-arabia-ai-public-investment-fun-1851350604

     https://www.arabnews.com/node/2572046/saudi-arabia

     https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-ai-groq-a16z-vision-2030-mbs-2024-9

     https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/chip-startup-groq-backs-saudi-ai-ambitions-with-aramco-deal

     https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/13/saudi-arabia-expects-to-get-advanced-nvidia-chips-within-next-year.html

     https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/saudi-ai-fund-would-divest-from-china-tech-if-us-asked-ceo-says

     https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/25/conservatives-prepare-attack-on-bidens-ai-order-00137935

     https://news.kochinc.com/news/2022/koch-invests-koch-backs-celestial-ai-s-work-to-acc

     https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/inno/stories/news/2024/02/20/koch-industries-artificial-intelligence-jobs-ai.html

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     Noelle :verified: (noellemitchell@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:50:35 JST Noelle :verified:

     "From Florida to Oregon, utilities are racing to meet a surge in demand from power-hungry AI data centers, manufacturing facilities and electric vehicles."

     "Electricity usage by data centers is poised to surge as much as ten times current levels by 2030."

     Ten times. 😵 That's a lot.

     #AI #ClimateChange #Climate #Environment #news #press #data #tech #technology

     https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-boom-driving-surprise-resurgence-100029895.html?guccounter=1