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by hvb2 327 days ago
Genuine question, what do you mean by small-scale fossil fuel

What power output in megawatt are we talking about here? I'm struggling to think of a fossil power source efficient at small scale

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Well, if you go back far enough there were a ton of factories and other buildings which had their own small plants but the main thing I was thinking of was stuff like that xAI data center in Memphis with the methane-powered turbines where they’re avoiding grid limits and transmission losses at the expense of pollution.