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[quote=Anonymous][quote] The Trump administration’s cancellation of the largest solar project in the United States has sparked confusion and concern among Republicans and Democrats alike.

Known as the Esmeralda 7, the collection of seven solar projects in rural Nevada was set to generate up to 6.2 gigawatts of energy when complete, enough to power 2 million homes. That’s an eye-popping amount of power to add to an electrical grid that desperately needs more of it, due to the insatiable demand from AI-related data centers and increasing residential needs.[/quote]
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/climate/trump-solar-project-nevada-electricity

Why are residential consumers paying for Data center increase demand for electricity? Trump canceled this and is planning to replace this demand  with nuclear in 10-15 years(the time it takes to build a nuclear plant) with a cost of $141 to $221 per MWh. You need 5-7 nuclear power plants to generate 6.2 GWh at conservatively 7-10 billion per nuclear plant.

Esmeralda 7 solar plant estimated cost of $25-$30 MWh.

What are we doing? [/quote]

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