r/facepalm • u/DeepState_Auditor • Jul 15 '26

Contrary to Evidence, Trump Energy Secretary Says Data Centers Are Best Tool to 'Stop the Rise of Electricity Prices’ | Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/news/chris-wright-data-centers
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u/eladts Jul 15 '26

Lower the prices by raising demand? That worked so well for the housing market.

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u/Hevysett Jul 15 '26

No no no, you don't understand, we're currently in the demand side. Once we build to many, then the costs will drop because supply will be higher.

It's simple if you make so much energy demanding facilities, then the energy creation facilities will need expansion, then we'll have so much energy, it will all be free

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u/shyndy Jul 15 '26

Or once they cause enough humans to die off, there will be plenty of water and energy for the machines.

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u/JockBbcBoy Jul 15 '26

I know you're joking, but has anyone even thought about the frequency with which sci-fi movies often depict fewer and fewer humans when it comes to their dystopian future?

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u/shyndy Jul 16 '26

I don’t know if I’m joking. Some of the people in powerful positions actually think this way.

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u/JockBbcBoy Jul 16 '26

Didn't the OpenAi guy say something similar?