From: jdnicoll@panix.com   
      
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   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 18:05:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
   > wrote:   
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   >>On 1/7/2026 1:34 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:   
   >>> Paul S Person  wrote:   
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   >>>> If D Trump is so convinced that Coal is the Future of Energy, why   
   >>>> doesn't he require each and every server farm to build a coal-burning   
   >>>> power plant at its own expense for its own use?   
   >>>   
   >>> Please, lets not give them ideas to build _more_ coal fired power   
   >>> plants! Although the iron hand of the market has been busily squeezing   
   >>> those out of service, with renewables becoming ever cheaper than coal.   
   >>>   
   >>Hence why he is killing renewable energy projects.  "Windmills kill whales!"   
   >   
   >As if D Trump ever cared about whales.   
   >   
   >Meanwhile, it appears that solar panel farms are a bonanza to the   
   >owner: not only can they lease the land for the panels, they can lease   
   >it again for grazing. Cows and sheep, apparently, have no problems and   
   >may even prefer being under the panels. (Warning: this is from an   
   >eco-friendly news service and may be a wee bit biased.)   
      
   I think I first saw that proposed for SPS rectenna farms, but the   
   motive may have been less eco-friendly and more to convince people   
   the SPS microwave beams weren't death rays.   
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