All you can eat shrimp nearly killed Red Lobster (although they dispute
this claim).
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/business/red-lobster-endless-lobsterfest-price
My feeling is a bit more nuanced WRT data centers and power consumption.
They should bring along their own power to supplement their drain on the
grid and perhaps attenuated by the current grid peak load.
I think many states are adjusting taxes on EVs because they (currently)
don't really pay their share of road maintenance.
However, I think the sonsumption of charging EVs is a bit distorted. 80%
of the people I know with EVs charge them off their home solar almost
all the time.
bp
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On 11/24/2025 1:09 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
If a fat guys eats everything at an all you eat buffet every day and
the price of the buffet goes up because of the ingredient replacement
costs, everybody else is paying for the fat guy to eat a fat guys
portion. His bulk discount gets everybody elses pocketbook lighter.
Data centers should be mandated to fund their own consumption back to
the grid
Then again I feel the Same about owners of EV charging stations, they
should have an annual tax commensurate to their consumption to fund
the delivery of their excess
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