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by trehalose 53 days ago
> MIDA executive director Paul Morris told county commissioners that the facility “will not take one electron” from the existing grid

Cool. Will it drive up the price of the existing grid's existing electrons though? It'll increase demand for the natural gas that keeps those electrons moving.
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subscribed 52 days ago
No, it will just burn GWs worth of natural gas.

Benn Jordan has captured quite an interesting evidence: https://youtu.be/_bP80DEAbuo

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mindslight 52 days ago
> will not take one electron

I'm torn between his intent of blatantly lying, and how technically correct that wording is.

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