A quibble: the important number here is not "renewables" but "power sources that don't emit CO2."
Nuclear power stations aren't renewable power but they don't emit CO2 and as such help keep the climate wolf from our door.
Your argument is still good. Two-thirds of US power is from sources that emit CO2,, and we need to decarbonize by over 90%.
All new power expenditures should be off the table, particularly for dumbshit like LLMs.
Tom Ritchford /
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