"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."
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
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.
And it will only get worse if Illinois and Chicago attract data centers, which are major consumers of electricity.
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
An interesting contrast is this article claiming that developers of data centers in and around Chicago have a relatively easy time getting power.
illegals on bikes to generate the power!