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    From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 16:12:08 2026
    The largest components of the power grid are absurdly heavy objects,
    factory sealed, that cannot be assembled on site. They ecxeed the
    ordinary cargo weight a railroad is desgned to move easily and cannt be
    moved on highway nor as air cargo. Planning for these moves takes about
    the same amount of time to build.

    When Person of Interesr predicted data centers, the tv show made no
    comment on increased power demand.

    Ignore click-baity title, literally decimating the English
    language.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-maeNUQZQ7s

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  • From danny burstein@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 16:39:11 2026
    In <11ado4o$1raju$3@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

    The largest components of the power grid are absurdly heavy objects,
    factory sealed, that cannot be assembled on site. They ecxeed the
    ordinary cargo weight a railroad is desgned to move easily and cannt be
    moved on highway nor as air cargo. Planning for these moves takes about
    the same amount of time to build.

    When Person of Interesr predicted data centers, the tv show made no
    comment on increased power demand.

    Ignore click-baity title, literally decimating the English
    language.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-maeNUQZQ7s

    just wait until AHK finds out about this little
    artifact from the Manhattan District:

    https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/trinity/jumbo.html




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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Oct 10 17:33:40 2026
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    The largest components of the power grid are absurdly heavy objects,
    factory sealed, that cannot be assembled on site. They ecxeed the
    ordinary cargo weight a railroad is desgned to move easily and cannt be
    moved on highway nor as air cargo. Planning for these moves takes about
    the same amount of time to build.

    When Person of Interesr predicted data centers, the tv show made no
    comment on increased power demand.

    Ignore click-baity title, literally decimating the English
    language.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-maeNUQZQ7s


    (1) Have I mentioned how much I hate these AI narrated videos?

    (2) All the problems it listed with trucking these components would still
    apply with rail because the rail only gets you in the general area of your destination. You're still going to need to truck it from the rail yard to
    the substation or nuclear plant where it will be installed.


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