"U.S. energy systems were not designed for this form of load growth. Federal industrial policy, state environmental law, and utility regulation are evolving on timelines measured in decades, while AI infrastructure expands on timelines measured in months. This mismatch is creating mounting stresses on regional power grids, rising costs for ratepayers, permitting backlogs, and growing legal and political conflict over who should bear the costs of digital expansion."
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in reply to Gerry McGovern • •@Gerry McGovern You are correct, our energy systems are designed for the past and we're in the present. And even without growth we're running out of economically viable fossil fuels, therefore we need to build new base load infrastructure not based on fossil fuels.
My suggestion for this is to start with molten salt breeder reactors because they're safe, the fuel is plentiful, and they can destroy the long lived actinides in existing nuclear waste.
Then in the long term bring fusion online. If we don't do this the downside isn't just not being able to afford our artificial brains but also not being able to afford our artificial brawn that grows and transports our food.