Big technology companies see this energy source as a way to satisfy their extremely high power demand, which has skyrocketed since the advent of AI
    • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I mean, that’s what Ford did. They had the tech to generate power for the factory, so were the city’s electric company.

    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, do it. Quit being a consumer of mixed source power, start being a producer of steady, good energy.

      (Dirty enough that calling it clean green energy gets pushback, but far better than non-green normal sources like coal or natural gas.)

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        Nuclear power is complicated because it still involves mining. Which will inevitably damage the environment even if all the mining equipment are electric vehicles run on solar power.

        • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          6 months ago

          So does literally every energy source. Solar panels and wind turbines don’t grow on trees.