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NNadir

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2. One doesn't need to be a Republican in a red state to understand...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 09:22 AM

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...that tech companies claiming that they will be powered by "renewable energy" are lying.

It isn't even remotely possible to do so, although one can expect to hear dreamy and delusional bull about hydrogen and batteries whenever this reality is expressed.

Servers need reliable continuous energy. DU doesn't shut down when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.

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