Two Of The Biggest Cons Of The Modern World,

solar panels and windfarms, 

illustration Wikimedia Commons, I have always said that the way forward for energy is fossil fuels or nuclear, and it appears the modern tech giants agree with me, Google have turned its back on both, in Washington the mega company have just announced it is going nuclear and is commissioning from six to seven reactors which combined will produce 500 megawatts of power, as Google commented, “We feel like nuclear can play an important role in helping to meet our demand ... cleanly in a way that's more around the clock," Michael Terrell, senior director for energy and climate at Google, told reporters on a call, and in case you think they are alone, in March, Amazon purchased a nuclear-powered datacenter from Talen Energy and Constellation Energy (CEG.O), and signed a power deal to help resurrect a unit of the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst U.S. nuclear accident in 1979, both companies leaving us lesser mortals to worry about no wind or sun! a pity that governments can not see the writing on the wall like these companies, but there it is, the full article is here.