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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@gmail.com> <br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] benefits of climate change<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 9:13<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>>>…<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Keith I didn’t state my previous notion very clearly, for I realized it came across as AI operating at power costing two bucks. What I meant is the AI facilities generate and use power at 6 cents, then have it available for sale to Phoenix (in a dire emergency) for 2 bucks. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…It better be short term. AC in Phoenix runs upwards of $700 a month. Two dollar a kWh power would jack this up to $5000 a month or more…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Ja. The local peaker plant went out of business because the only time it could sell its very high-priced power was so short, it couldn’t break even. The bankruptcy buyer kept everything in place and cranked it up once in a while. Now the natural gas plant is being repurposed to support a new data center Microsloth is building over there along SR 237.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/CA-237,+California/@37.4258609,-121.9383476,2407m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x808fc9cd3a48ab63:0x97e24e4d53a3a32f!8m2!3d37.4132214!4d-121.9831882!16zL20vMDNkeHQ3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgwNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D">https://www.google.com/maps/place/CA-237,+California/@37.4258609,-121.9383476,2407m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x808fc9cd3a48ab63:0x97e24e4d53a3a32f!8m2!3d37.4132214!4d-121.9831882!16zL20vMDNkeHQ3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgwNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…Maybe. Have you looked at how long it takes to get a power line permitted? Keith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>There is a golden opportunity which might not last. The current head of the executive branch of the US government believes in fast-tracking power generation facilities for AI. Grab it now, for things might change in a bit over two years.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> As I understand it, the emergent Democrat Socialist party is AI unfriendly and power generation unfriendly. Build it now or build it not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>spike</span><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></body></html>