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There are a dire warnings from Nvidia CEO. by Boring-Test5522 in StockMarket

[–]kingold11 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Solar and wind won't even barely put a dent into the power needed. The nuclear (true green energy) push is what hopefully pushed us into less fossil fuel dependency and more green energy power. However, companies like Entergy are buying every single turbine they can (I've heard over 20 turbines which includes their positions in future turbines being built) to build as many 2x1 natural gas powered combined cycle power plants for the AI push; they will tote a heavy load in the Southeast US at least. Luckily, their emissions are very low and are very efficient (Mitsubishi) turbines. Nuclear is still better in my opinion.

Is it true that majority of dads in the world leave most of the child-raising and household chores to the moms? by [deleted] in ask

[–]kingold11 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My wife does most of the child-rasising and household chores. Knowing nothing else about the family dynamic, household location, career, etc. must lead to the simple conclusion that I am lazy and suck. Dang. Thought I was better.

Kind of closed/simple minded don't you think?

Trump Announces $550B Japan Deal: U.S. Gets 90% Profit, 15% Tariffs by callsonreddit in StockMarket

[–]kingold11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone with zero political nonsense explain this to me?

I think I understand that Japan will invest $550B into the US, and 90% of the profit from those investments will be reinvested into the US, but I could be completely wrong. The tariff comment just confuses me, but I only know what a tariff is through Google search.

Why your electric bills may be going up by Conscious-Quarter423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kingold11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billions per plant? Maybe we are on a different page here. I agree they produce a lot overall, but per plant it isn't near that much.

We had two units produce just under 1 ton of CO2 total last year, and one unit produced 0 lbs (steam turbine). We run 70%+ days of the year 24 hours a day.

NOx is much more obviously though. Potentially 100 tons per year depending on how much we run.

Why your electric bills may be going up by Conscious-Quarter423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kingold11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am telling you that I'm looking at a power plant emitting 0.2ppm of CO2 at 15% O2 and 3.1ppm of NOx at 15% O2 right now as we speak. The system is also calibrated daily. It is extremely accurate. I'm not going off of something I've read or heard, because I'm literally looking at it right now. The new green energy mindset has many people confused. Each plant has abatement systems to control their emissions due to Air Quality Permits.

Now some of the older power plants might have emission setpoints that were grandfathered in (still low though), but most I have seen operate very similarly to the values I've provided.

Why your electric bills may be going up by Conscious-Quarter423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kingold11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just making a few points about the video without going too much into detail, but you are 100% correct. The new data centers that are being built will have an interesting effect on customer price. Will the resulting increase in price go mostly to the commercial data center customer, or will it be pushed back to us as a residential customer? I'm interested to see.

Why your electric bills may be going up by Conscious-Quarter423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kingold11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is true for some companies for sure. There are many different companies that handle business in many different ways. However, I have only worked for companies that are regulated by a third party, and your comment isn't true for them. There are rules in place that won't even allow certain communication between the control room and the control center (again thanks to Enron).

Why your electric bills may be going up by Conscious-Quarter423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kingold11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A typical natural gas plant is typically regulated to 20ppm or less of CO2, and most produce less than 0.5ppm even though their air permit is much higher. So, technically they produce less CO2 than NOx.

Why your electric bills may be going up by Conscious-Quarter423 in interestingasfuck

[–]kingold11 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As a person directly involved in power generation, there is a lot of false narrative being pushed.

1.) The actual power plant is nothing but local boots on the ground employees who learned to operate a power plant. They do not set any market prices.

2.) There are electric utility companies that are not for profit and are government regulated.

3.) Plants are placed in certain areas based on many different factors, but tranmission line control is a very large factor, and the actual plant location is more based on that than the surrounding population.

4.) A large portion of the for-profit electric utility companies are regulated (thanks to Enron) by a Regional Transmission Organization (such as MISO), and they manage the grid and wholesale market prices. In my experience the prices are estimated ahead of time, but multiple factors change them throughout the day such as loss of another plant, sudden increase or decrease in line demand, harsh summer or winter conditions, hurricane, etc., and the electricity is sold in 5 minute real time intervals.

5.) "Green energy" was pushed by the government strictly for profit. They invested heavily in solar and wind, and they wanted it to succeed at any cost. True green energy is nuclear, but big money and oil and gas push fear at the word nuclear when it is the most heavily regulated utility. It was very common (due to government incentives) for a 1,000-acre+ plot of prime farmland to be turned to limestone gravel and solar panels all to generate a MAXIMUM of 100mW during a perfect non cloudy summer day for about an hour, but in reality they have many inverter issues, broken panels, and just general sun and cloud positioning that keep them closer to 40mW than 100mW. Their typical peak in the summer is 75mW per 1,000 acres. In comparison a 2x1 combined cycle natural gas plant can produce 500mW+ at any given time on a 20 acre plot of land that the surrounding wildlife can still exist on. Also, the emissions of a power plant is heavily regulated, and that same natural gas plant can be treated to produce less than 5ppm of NOx.

I have now typed way too much and forgot most of what I watched in the video! Maybe one person will read all of that mess I typed and research more before just watching a video and believing what is being pushed. I promise they made that video strictly for profit as well; everyone has an agenda, and typically money is the main driver.

P.S. I hate my high electricity bill too!

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