2026-07-29 22:45 UTC
I am baffled by the kind of thinking that suggests we don't have the grid capacity to support NZ moving to EVs, while simultaneously supporting plonking giant data centres all over the shop.
I suspect that it's just people being arses, but if it isn't I'd love to hear a clear argument for how this works.
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@jonathanharker@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-30 02:12
@Tatjna@moo.nz don't worry, you're right, it doesn't. People massively overestimate the electricity required to replace the entire fleet with EVs. It's about equal to one aluminium smelter. Which says more about how outrageously and tragically inefficient a hundred years of burning oil has really been.
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@loke@functional.cafe 2026-07-30 04:38
@Tatjna@moo.nz the cheeky answer is of course that all you have to do is to put up a few coal powerplants and open a few coal mines.