[ExI] benefits of climate change

[Keith Henson]

If you want to think of projects in this class, consider energy storage by
pumping water up to the west of the Salton Sea. The potential capacity is
so large that it could store seasonal power.

Keith


On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> >…BBC  Cold is currently a far greater threat to human health than heat,
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> How long will that take?  Fifty years?  That’s long enough for Europe to
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> >…At two bucks a kWh, AI becomes stupid…
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> >…I venture to say that the power AI is using today is not much more than
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> Of course.  But in a dire emergency, those who own that power generation
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> >…If you need to cool AI data centers, use ocean water.
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> The tax structure in California makes that unattractive.  However… Baja
> Mexico is right there beside the ocean, as is Vancouver Canada.  Both those
> outfits would likely welcome AI revenue.  If seawater could be piped over
> to Nevada then the hot water back out, that might be OK.
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