Editorial: The cost of an unrealistic energy policy could be sky high – Champaign News-Gazette

"The grandiosity of the bill’s backers was based on the predictions by experts who felt they could divine the future. But, as the Chicago Tribune recently wrote, 'Just three years later, it appears, the alarmists were right, and Pritzker and the green lobby were wrong.' Illinoisans, thanks to the reality that this state consumes more energy than it produces, faces higher, shortage-driven utility costs."
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your dime, your dance floor
1 year ago

Microsoft just made a deal to re-open 3 Mile Island and use the power from that nuclear power plant to power all it’s electrical needs for cloud computing and AI.

Mark F
1 year ago

And it will only get worse if Illinois and Chicago attract data centers, which are major consumers of electricity.

The Railroader
1 year ago

Good intentions? You are the carbon that JB the Hutt and the Climate Clerics want to reduce.

Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities – Voltaire

1 year ago

An interesting contrast is this article claiming that developers of data centers in and around Chicago have a relatively easy time getting power.

David F
1 year ago
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illegals on bikes to generate the power!

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