Small scale natural gas turbine plants are bad for local human air due to NOx emissions.

missedthecue an hour ago | parent | next [-]

100% true yet even when you solve this (for example with clean hydro in the northwest), you make zero progress with the anti-datacenter people.

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masfuerte an hour ago | parent | next [-]

America is huge. Why do they need to be constructed next to people's homes?

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dylan604 an hour ago | parent [-]

That's where the resources are. You wouldn't expect some uber wealthy billion dollar company to have to provide power/water needs way out in the middle of nowhere would you?

	▲	lenerdenator a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Well, to a point. I honestly don't get why, for example, we're building anything that requires a lot of water in Arizona.

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ericd an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Right, as with almost everything with people, it's an emotional reaction (fear) with a thin layer of rationalization on top.

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criddell an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Is there a better alternative for on-demand, on-location power generation?