CAN WE REALLY AFFORD THOSE DATA CENTERS?

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The use or requirement for electricity has a side effect that may be beneficial ? China built 93 or 94 gigawatts of coal fired power plants in 2024 . Each Chinese power plant of just one gigawatt is capable of supplying all the Power requirements for a city like  Denver Co.

TPTB of the USA has already softened the EPA stance on coal fired power plants according to rumors....I for one hope so, as clean coal burning power is now possible as well as all the laid off coal miners would probably also appreciate the work and money.

https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/bus...red-power/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liz-pe...r-AA1NzEdg

Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced on Sept. 29 a government-led initiative to boost coal use and production in the U.S. As he told Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo in an interview: this will not sit well with the Chardonnay set. 
As electricity prices soar across the U.S., thanks in part to dogged efforts by blue-state officials to dump fossil fuels, those climate-obsessed voices will be drowned out by those of struggling consumers. 

Over the two decades from January 1985 through January 2005, electricity prices in the U.S. climbed by only 19%; in the following 20 years until January of this year, electricity prices exploded by more than 90%. Just this year, the price per kilowatt-hour has jumped another 6%.  
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In California, the trends are even worse as Golden State residents pay almost double the average charge in the U.S. People living in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts are similarly paying much higher prices than the national average. Why the disparity? Because Democrat-run states have purposefully shifted to high-cost and unreliable renewable energy.