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US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024 (arstechnica.com)

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I’m in Utah, and people here push back against nuclear, but we literally live next to a massive desert. Nobody cares if we dig a big hole in W. Utah or E. Nevada, we can bury it however deep we need and it’s not going to impact the water table at all (we don’t really have a water table here anyway…)

If you don't have water nearby, you're not going to be able to use nuclear power in any utility grade scale there.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

It didn't stop TSMC from building a fab out in Arizona, nor did it stop the NSA from building a massive data center here either. Water is available, especially if we cut down on how much alfalfa we grow here. AFAIK, the problem isn't water, it's NIMBYs.

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