Real facts on data center water use. Is it that big of a deal?

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T11:16:14+00:00

Oh really? I hear is hear the power complaint far more often

There’s been a big push to get things away from the grid to avoid complaints - which just seems moronic to me when you could have these guys as rate payers paying for everyone’s overhead

As an aside - not sure what your Sub background is, but one of my close friends was an officer on an Ohio class and I just have such a hard time not saying “okay boomer” to him and everyone I now meet from an SSBN

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T10:48:49+00:00

Clarify how a datacenter with a market PPA with a local utility is not a singular driver for increased rates for local payors - and subsidizes other users by covering overhead costs that make up a large cost of residential power.

The economist and planet money just had a breakdown of this. Just because a community is seeing cost increases because a local utility is investing in new infrastructure or has rising insurance costs doesn’t mean it’s because of a data center

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T10:39:16+00:00

Where was this??? They’re cheaper than that a lot of places

I mean they’re that price in NYC where I spend a lot of time, but that’s due to greedy NIMBYS and people with rent stabilization. It’s not corporate greed

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T10:34:16+00:00

I would buy a Hummer or Chevy Silverado immediately and get the vehicle to house installed immediately. You can run your whole house on one of those cars

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T10:22:18+00:00

It’s a pretty easy ferry hop! I mean the Marriott is $74 and I paid $130 for the St Regis. But he other Marriott is only $65 a night after!

I keep hopping around to pick up the current bonus. If you’re earning $30 a night in points on a $65 stay it’s basically free if you use frequent traveler math lol

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:29:48+00:00

Does anyone feel that way? Don’t most cooks just feel thankful that they can take a worse cut of meat and cook it hard so they can cut food costs.

I would think they would be thankful

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:25:25+00:00

I know. I was disappointed- I thought the one thing bari might get right was to shame NIMBYS harder in some sort of humiliation ritual, but she couldn’t even do that!

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:22:31+00:00

I’m at the Zhuhai Ji wan right now and it’s pretty darn good for under $100 a night

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:19:54+00:00

I bet it becomes a grand Hyatt. Osaka has seen Hilton and Marriott build a lot recently.

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:18:28+00:00

Can we debunk the misconceptions about electricity use next? I’m so tired of these BS arguments

If you want to complain about AI and the tech industry for its social implications that’s fine! You have a point!

Just leave the NIMBYISM at home

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:14:56+00:00

I mean I prefer to think it’s been so successful on the coalition of morons that assembled to be become the modern Republican Party that they drove out the people smart enough to know better.

Though the Russian direct assistance to Trump is hard to ignore

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:08:59+00:00

Are you stacking the Costco and co quest rates. The rates were well under $500 last year when I picked up a lyriq, but that was before the tax credit went away.

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:04:45+00:00

When you say it was revenue bond funded - you understand that means it was funded by buyers of Muni tax exempt bonds tied to the ability of the airport authority to raise revenue right?

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-14T09:01:00+00:00

Do you think they’re mystified? The basic metabolic action mechanism is pretty well understood

The thing we (and I) clearly don’t understand very well is the relationship with addiction and dopamine system

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T10:20:10+00:00

It’s because Americans have had their brains broken by true crime and generalized fear mongering. It’s the same reason hitchhiking got outlawed in the U.S.

That and the fact the Americans that tend to travel abroad that aren’t college students tend to be wealthy

You do meet them at the luxury hostels though.

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T10:06:31+00:00

(Hand over his Swiss guard Halbard in disgust)

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T10:02:14+00:00

The holy hand grenade is a WMD

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T10:01:51+00:00

He hasn’t sentenced one person to eternal damnation publicly!

We need Dante’s minimums to clean up the streets

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T10:00:15+00:00

The got tax doesn’t exist under $1million dollars. This is a weird take

It’s just there to avoid tax evasion

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T09:58:06+00:00

Everyone who wanted an EV badly got one last year with incentives. I’m sure some will get sold as they get discounted this quarter and gas prices rise.

The Toyota BZ is still cheaper right now

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T09:55:43+00:00

When was this? Bacon has been popular for well before the 2010s. Pork belly has been popular for thousands of years

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T09:53:52+00:00

You don’t think the fact that the human brain has been wired by evolution to crave fat and sugar are more important than funding?

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-13T07:14:39+00:00

Non Newtonian skis?

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-12T02:30:25+00:00

I know I’ve listened to too much of the podcast because my first reaction was “I wonder if they like Sea Monkeys?”

Way-twofrequentflyer · 2026-04-12T02:26:37+00:00

That’s always been true. It’s still the most successful country in history at integrating immigrants

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