<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 Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</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="msg5970205906748594090"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_5970205906748594090WordSection1"><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-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);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><br><b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">>…</span></b>A large power failure in Phoenix during a heat wave would kill at least a million.<br> <br>Keith</blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><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"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">This is a powerful argument for setting up AI data centers along the CA/NV state line, then using it as redundant emergency power supplies to Phoenix.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt">In this scenario, life-saving power could be diverted from AI in CA to AC in AZ.</span></font></i></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="msg5970205906748594090"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>Hmm... That's not a bad idea. </b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>John K Clark</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><br>
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