@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
2026-06-09 16:31 UTC
"Texas is heading into summer 2026 with a power grid under pressure from two directions. Data centers and large computing facilities are adding enormous, continuous electricity demand. At the same time, summer nights are getting warmer, reducing the overnight cooling the grid once relied on, keeping residential air conditioners running long after dark.
Texas built its grid for a climate that no longer fully exists."
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-power-grid-overnight-demand-summer/
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social 2026-06-27 12:09
Buckling highways. Subway lines at 40C. Schools closed. Trains cancelled. Nuclear plants shut down. Hospitals in critical condition. "The impact of the June [2026 European] heatwave is the result of decades of building infrastructure for a climate that no longer exists." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-heatwave-prepared-climate-change-france-uk-b3003804.html