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It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal (grist.org)
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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, it exasperates the problem but that's my point, it isn't the problem. Trump is literally investing in coal plants. Expecting our energy consumption to stay flat forever is not a solution.

You see the same argument spring up with evs. Evs aren't the ones burning coal even if that's what the oil companies were pushing a year ago.

We need a strong grid built on renewables and it should have been started a long time ago.