<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8740402044916784813"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_8740402044916784813WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>This one seems like a slam dunk. </font></i></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>It's a very good idea.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span> </b></font></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8740402044916784813"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_8740402044916784813WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><font size="4"> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>Of course we should keep data centers off grid:<u></u><u></u></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4"><a href="https://reason.com/2026/01/12/data-centers-use-lots-of-electricity-this-bill-would-let-them-go-off-the-grid/?utm_source=Reason+Magazine&utm_campaign=1cf043434f-reason_brand%7Cnew_at_reason%7C2026_01_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31d7ef7f57-1cf043434f-587965146" target="_blank">Data centers use lots of electricity. This bill would let them go off the grid.</a><u></u><u></u></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4"><u></u> <u></u></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>Then the data centers won’t be blamed for running up the price of power.</font></i><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:11pt"> <br></span><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>It's amazing,<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>I never thought I'd find something that I agreed with Senator Tom Cotton<span class="gmail_default" style=""> about, but here it is. </span></b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style=""><br></span></b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style=""> John K Clark</span></b></font></div></div>