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Environment & Energy

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1. It's not as if this helps in any way

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 11:51 AM

Mar 2024

Pennsylvania has a relatively large number of nuclear plants, which have for years supplied a significant amount of their electicity. Their primary source of electricity is natural gas.

Amazon is getting power from a 40 year old plant, It’s not that they’ve built a new one, or added this one to the grid.

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Amazon just bought a 100% nuclear-powered data center [View all] Think. Again. Mar 2024 OP

It's not as if this helps in any way OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #1

They may as well be OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #3

Amazon isn't in the energy business (yet?)... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #4

Let me see if I can help you understand OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #5

You're not getting it OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #7

So, YOUR purchase of non-CO2 on-grid power... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #8

My purchase comes from a new clean generating capacity OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #9

You write... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #10

I believe you're being intentionally obtuse OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #11

Okay, you believe Amazon has an obligation... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #12