The climate activists’ clamor about rising demand and emissions mask their true fear – reliability, a service their precious renewables cannot under any circumstance meet. Because they are obligated to provide reliable energy to their customers, utilities will install capacity to meet data center needs. That capacity will come from gas and nuclear. Instead of setting a fictitious target of “nut-zero,” or inducing fears of calamitous global temperatures, the activists should focus their ire on providing that reliable capacity in a more expeditious manner by improving regulatory efficiency, firming up supply chains, and reducing, or eliminating, lawfare.
AI, their data centers, and all of the technology they will spawn are a foregone conclusion. We can choose to be part of this revolution, or we can abort it in its infancy in the name of “stopping climate change.” The choice seems pretty obvious to me.
The climate activists’ clamor about rising demand and emissions mask their true fear – reliability, a service their precious renewables cannot under any circumstance meet. Because they are obligated to provide reliable energy to their customers, utilities will install capacity to meet data center needs. That capacity will come from gas and nuclear. Instead of setting a fictitious target of “nut-zero,” or inducing fears of calamitous global temperatures, the activists should focus their ire on providing that reliable capacity in a more expeditious manner by improving regulatory efficiency, firming up supply chains, and reducing, or eliminating, lawfare.
AI, their data centers, and all of the technology they will spawn are a foregone conclusion. We can choose to be part of this revolution, or we can abort it in its infancy in the name of “stopping climate change.” The choice seems pretty obvious to me.