re: Huge gas plant eyed to power mystery $5 billion Louisiana data center

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LSUballs

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I know you're stuck up there long after I got out, but but I've been to the data centers out in the deserts sitting on top of rock slabs..

Delhi isn't quite the most stable land

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Yeah...this is horseshite. If the center is going to be using the vast majority of the energy why the hell are we paying for any of it?

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Probably because other states they preferred to build in said "if you're going to be using the energy the costs need to come from shareholder profits not middle class and poor folks electric bills" ?

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If we could ever harness the power of the Mississippi River, we could have an endless supply of cheap power in South Louisiana. I wonder if environmentalists and big fossil fuel work hand in hand trying to stop that from ever happening.

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There's been a hydroelectric plant at Ferriday since the 1970s. Maybe an engineer can elucidate why they're not more widespread. IIRC it has something to do with the river gradient not being steep enough in most places.

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You should like it. Company comes in and tells Entergy we’ll partner with you to produce electricity for a high demand center. Entergy builds plant. Company builds facility. Jobs are created on both ends, Entergy gets automatic revenue, LA gets a solid tax center, and the state has another modern power source to provide power to the grid.

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After construction is finished, I suspect there won't be many local jobs associated with this thing. Maybe a few technicians to keep things running. The programmers and engineers will do their work remotely.

Bold claim here:

These communities between the Ouachita and the Mississippi will strongly benefit from this and become destination towns. It’s an opportunity to start from scratch so to speak in an area with low population.

Do it right this time. Good schools. Tough on crime. Bible Belt values. 3-1-Great…

You know as well as I do that shite isn't happening, unfortunately.


One thing I was unaware of was the water usage by these centers. There is already cracks showing in the Kentwood and SouthernHills aquifer from over use. Same with Chicot on the other end of the state.

Projects that but a strain on a critical natural resource while providing little in the way of long-term jobs but a permanent increase in utilities cost that aren't even feeding the grid. I am all for bringing development to the state but damn if this isn't starting to sound like your typical LA cluster.

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Any relation to southern poverty law center?

If so, they can get fricked.

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Technically, no. However, they are just as bad. It's a bunch of liberal white 'do-gooders" who cant hack it anywhere else except for a very narrow window of lawfare.