Will Artificial Intelligence supercomputers compete with EVs for electricity?

[Woodznutz]

I think we're coming to the place where the citizenry must lend a hand.

 

[Dragonlady]

Democrats plan to take electricity from the people and make them do with with less.

Cheap electricity is bad for democrats and authoritarians.

Since ALL of your power companies are privately owned, how do the Democrats plan to do that, since they aren't in office, nor do they hold any of the three branches of government.

As of January 21st, all of YOUR problems will be the fault of Republicans and no one else. Good luck with complaining about THEM.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Since ALL of your power companies are privately owned, how do the Democrats plan to do that, since they aren't in office, nor do they hold any of the three branches of government.

As of January 21st, all of YOUR problems will be the fault of Republicans and no one else. Good luck with complaining about THEM.

After January 21st, democrats won't be able to block Americans from building new power plants.

 

[Dragonlady]

Americans drive their personal vehicles about 2.3 trillion miles a year with 98 percent of our vehicles running on petroleum or diesel fuels.

https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/transportation-fuels#:~:text=Petroleum%20is%20the%20Main%20Source%20of%20Energy%20for%20Transportation&text=Americans%20drive%20their%20personal%20vehicles,on%20petroleum%20or%20diesel%20fuels.

Thomas Edison was seriously impressed by Henry Ford's gasoline-powered Quadricycle of 1894. "Young man, that's the thing," he supposedly told Ford. "Electric cars must be kept near to power stations. The storage battery is too heavy. Steam cars won't do, either, for they have to have a boiler and a fire. Your car is self-contained—carries its own power plant—no fire, no boiler, no smoke, and no steam. You have the thing. Keep at it."

https://www.motortrend.com/features/electric-vs-gasoline-cars-history-repeats/

By combining this data, de Vries calculates that by 2027 the AI sector could consume between 85 to 134 terawatt hours each year.

How much electricity does AI consume?

How many watts and joules does it actually take to generate a single Balenciaga pope?

www.theverge.com

134 terawatt hours equal to 134,000,000,000 kWh OR 2.84% of the 4,178,000,000,000 Total kWh total generated in 2023, of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.

Electricity in the U.S. - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

The major fuel/energy sources and their contribution to annual U.S. electricity generation.

www.eia.gov

Add AI computer energy requirements to Biden's dictate that 50% of all car sales by 2032 be EVs this means by 2032, an additional need for electricity for EVs is 1,325,318,313,600 kWh.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/05/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-steps-to-drive-american-leadership-forward-on-clean-cars-and-vehicles/

Biden guarantees to rid "fossil fuels"...
"I guarantee We Are Going To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels” September 06, 2019, 5:49 PM


Current kWh generated, electric plants: 4,178,000,000,000 kWh

Replacing 79% of fossil fuel generates: 3,300,620,000,000 kWh
Additional kWh for EVs by 2032: 1,325,318,313,600 kWh
Additional kWh for AI computers: 134,000,000,000 kWh
Total additional kWh replacing, EV 4,759,938,313,600 kWh

Total kWh needed to replace fossil fuels, add kWh for EVs and AI 4,759,938,313,600 kWh 595 additional nuclear plants to be built.
At cost of $7,500,000,000 to build 1 nuclear power plant: https://www.synapse-energy.com/site....Nuclear-Plant-Construction-Costs.A0022_0.pdf

• 595 power plants X $7.5 Billion or : $ 4,462,442,169,000
• 8,693,951,258 solar panels ,land, installation: $10,433,221,543,379
• 470,536 wind turbines, land installation: $ 1,529,628,950,999

Where will that money come from?
Directly and indirectly from us the consumers!

Your numbers are off. 90% of all vehicles on the road were gasoline powered in 2023, not 98%, and every year that number comes down.

The sun and the wind provide unlimited electrical power, fool. You just need to use it.

 

[Dragonlady]

After January 21st, democrats won't be able to block Americans from building new power plants.

After January 21st, nobody will be building anything in the USA because your President is crazy and could change his mind and shut them down tomorrow.

That's why you lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs the last time he was in office, and why your balance of trade ballooned. Every trade war has a winner and a loser, and Trump lost every one of his trade wars. Every one of his trade deals resulted in your trade deficit increasing.

The man is an economic imbecile who went bankrupt 7 times. He wasn't a billioinaire, he only played one on television. That's because REAL billionaires wouldn't give NBC the time of day. They were too busy making billions, but Trump, being bankrupt again, welcomed them with open arms.

And you bought it. Some "GreatSatan" you are. GreatStupid for believing Trump

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[healthmyths]

Your numbers are off. 90% of all vehicles on the road were gasoline powered in 2023, not 98%, and every year that number comes down.

The sun and the wind provide unlimited electrical power, fool. You just need to use it.

And you are truly ignorant of how utilities work! For example!
Tell me how much electricity is generated by utilities? 4.1 Trillion kWh!
Biden guarantees to destroy 60% of Electricity by fossil fuel
"I guarantee We Are Going To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels” September 06, 2019, 5:49 PM

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Tell me dummy.. to replace 60% of generated electricity will take at the minimum of 5 years before construction!
Plus to replace 60% of fossil fuels will 4,054,292,929 acres.
Where will those solar farms be located?
AND then dummies like you think that EV charging stations create the electricity? YUP...