Conservatism is collapsing into irrelevance as a long term commitment.

Gotta hand it to the fossil fuels industry, they got what they wanted and their propaganda worked.

And now Americans have a janky grid, slower / more expensive transportation, and bigger power bills.

I guess burning coal as fast as possible means energy is a "solved problem" for China?

That level of cushion is unthinkable in the United States, where regional grids

Yeah, capitalism will resolve everything by being greedy. Electricity is not and will never be a merchandise. It's a basic human need and a natural state monopoly.

AFAIK in USA it is pretty common to build the power infra structure as part of the AI data-centers that need it.
This has already been pretty common for normal data-centers for years.
USA never really had good public service infra structure for it. While for instance in Denmark many companies build data-centers because Denmark both has good infrastructure, and also can supply data-centers with relatively cheap energy from renewable sources, without the company having to foot a giant bill to invest in that too.

The American model is of course inferior, but it's not like it doesn't work at all, it just makes it more expensive.
On the other hand, in USA they can bribe White House, and do almost whatever the fuck they want. That is NOT an option in China, where it can result in a literal death penalty for the CEO if tried!

Reading the article helps to see that they are going full renewable.

Even if AI demand in China grows so quickly renewable projects can’t keep pace, Fishman said, the country can tap idle coal plants to bridge the gap while building more sustainable sources.

You dont know a thing about infrastructure, do you?

China is far from full renewable.

Turns out stubborn contrarianism and anti-science bias are not viable philosophical foundations for progress; what a surprise.

Did I say "are full renewable"? No. I wrote something else with a different meaning.

At least we are free*

*Terms and conditions apply

You said it was their trajectory. It's not. Renewables are a part of their plan, sure, but that coal graph isn't turning around.

can't use power to make everyone use electric cars
need power for "AI"

Nice job you jabroonies you did it you lost everything. This is the slow descent of America and it the boomers fault.

My father in law is convinced theres some guy in a garage that's gonna invent the next big invention, but hey guess what it takes MONEY that regular joe schmoes dont have!!

1. Be rich
2. Be white
3. Be male
4. Be "Christian"
5. Be straight
6. just kidding be rich

Close. Conservatism is collapsing the United States of America into irrelevance.

Yeah. Kind of amazing that for all of their America first bullshit rhetoric, Republicans have consistently and routinely neglected our infrastructure to focus time and money on gays, immigrants, and giving out blowies to billionaires

For some. But Alabama power has raised rates AGAIN to build another 2 gas plants because of data centers. My power bill has increased by 50% in the last 6 years.

Everything China has us cooked in every sector

Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,” Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent tour of China’s AI hubs.

For American AI researchers, that’s almost unimaginable. In the U.S., surging AI demand is colliding with a fragile power grid, the kind of extreme bottleneck that Goldman Sachs warns could severely choke the industry’s growth.