<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">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.<br></div><br>Keith<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></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="msg5310488783612240650"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_5310488783612240650WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>…</b></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…BBC  Cold is currently a far greater threat to human health than heat, though scientists <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/dangerous-temperatures-kill-50-percent-more-europeans-end-century-climate" target="_blank">project</a> that relationship will flip as global heating pushes temperatures higher…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How long will that take?  Fifty years?  That’s long enough for Europe to stop its insane opposition to air conditioning, and to rebuild their nuclear power generation capacity.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…At two bucks a kWh, AI becomes stupid…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">That depends on how smart it is.  If the AI is sufficiently smart, it isn’t stupid.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…I venture to say that the power AI is using today is not much more than 5 cents a kWh. Look up the cost of natural gas generation…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Of course.  But in a dire emergency, those who own that power generation will be looking to make a huge profit.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…If you need to cool AI data centers, use ocean water.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Keith<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div>