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Everything filed under America America Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Earth-launched hardware can support about a hundred gigawatts in orbit; past that, the satellites have to be built off Earth. Earth-launched hardware can support abouta hundred gigawatts in orbit; past that,the satellites have to be built off Earth. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Feb 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2026-02-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Starship will bring the price of low Earth orbit down to roughly a hundred dollars a kilogram. — tap to centre the map on it Starship will bring the price of lowEarth orbit down to roughly ahundred dollars a kilogram. Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even at Starship's promised prices, the cost of launching a power station dwarfs everything else about it. — tap to centre the map on it Even at Starship's promised prices,the cost of launching a powerstation dwarfs everything else aboutit. Last stated 7 years ago 20 Aug 2019 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2019-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world can make roughly 200 gigawatts of AI chips a year by 2030, which makes a gigawatt a week a plausible quarter of the market rather than a fantasy. — tap to centre the map on it The world can make roughly 200gigawatts of AI chips a year by2030, which makes a gigawatt a weeka plausible quarter of the marketrather than a fantasy. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Space-based solar power will never supply electricity to Earth, because it is thousands of times too expensive. — tap to centre the map on it Space-based solar power will neversupply electricity to Earth, becauseit is thousands of times tooexpensive. Last stated 7 years ago 20 Aug 2019 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2019-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Space data centres solve the wrong problem, because the contended resource is chips rather than energy, and that will not change this decade. — tap to centre the map on it Space data centres solve the wrongproblem, because the contendedresource is chips rather thanenergy, and that will not changethis decade. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it Battery-electric airliners do notwork even on optimistic assumptions,and the arithmetic said so beforeanyone built one. Last stated 5 years ago 2 Apr 2021 BF Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: China's industrial lead was manufactured by deliberate state industrial policy rather than by market forces alone. — tap to centre the map on it China's industrial lead wasmanufactured by deliberate stateindustrial policy rather than bymarket forces alone. Last stated a month ago 29 Jul 2026 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are AT Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Environmental permitting now causes more environmental harm than it prevents, because what it delays is the clean thing replacing the dirty one. — tap to centre the map on it Environmental permitting now causesmore environmental harm than itprevents, because what it delays isthe clean thing replacing the dirtyone. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Delay in permitting clean energy kills more Americans every year than the September 11 attacks did. — tap to centre the map on it Delay in permitting clean energykills more Americans every year thanthe September 11 attacks did. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Getting a data centre permitted in the empty middle of America is far easier than putting one in orbit. — tap to centre the map on it Getting a data centre permitted inthe empty middle of America is fareasier than putting one in orbit. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radicaltechnological breakthroughs and alsorefuse to tolerate uncomfortablyrich people, because the financialsystem it resents is what funds theinnovation. Last stated a year ago 13 Aug 2025 KJ Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods reduces itsmanufacturing employment below whatit would be with balanced trade. 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At the centre Earth-launched hardware can support about a hundred gigawatts in orbit; past that, the satellites have to be built off Earth. Last stated 10 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago Holds Casey Handmer Read this korrent →