at some point soon, China will be incentivising it's (geographical) wester neihbors to buy there morning power from china, and sell there afternoon excess back
via the ultra high voltage transmissionlines they are building out now.
personaly I have been off grid for years and am planning out an upgrade that will include car charging alongside the current house and business power generation.
it's crazy but I can buy one of the largest most efficient solar panels for less than the cost to fill my trucks tank with fuel once.
There are fundamentally 2 constraints to AI: electricity and AI chips.
at some point soon, China will be incentivising it's (geographical) wester neihbors to buy there morning power from china, and sell there afternoon excess back via the ultra high voltage transmissionlines they are building out now. personaly I have been off grid for years and am planning out an upgrade that will include car charging alongside the current house and business power generation. it's crazy but I can buy one of the largest most efficient solar panels for less than the cost to fill my trucks tank with fuel once.
The idea is to give China an inherent cost advantage in AI and manufacturing.
Meanwhile, the bassakwards US administration is subsidizing carbon based energy and fighting wars related to it.