Dear Board of Commissioners: The Michigan Constitution endows the county board with a pivotal role in public utility and local electric energy policy, as you well noted in your request to delay the Campbell closure. Thank you as well for how you exercised this role by requesting a public hearing on Consumers Energy’s Campbell wastewater […]
Public Hearing on Consumers Energy’s Campbell Wastewater PlanPublic Hearing on Consumers Energy’s Campbell Wastewater Plan
I submitted a request for a public hearing and pursuit of using the wastewater in a closed loop cooling system of a data center co-located to the Campbell, after treatment. Many others, including the Ottawa County Board, requested a public hearing. There is good reason to believe what I have proposed would be both more […]
We have a dangerous sulfur shortage due to the Strait of Hormuz war, and coal plants can help address itWe have a dangerous sulfur shortage due to the Strait of Hormuz war, and coal plants can help address it
The Strait of Hormuz closure has cut off 50% of global sulfur trade, while China has banned exports of sulfuric acid. Sulfur has an important role in fertilizers and widespread industrial use, so the sulfur shortage has significant ramifications. Sulfur is a byproduct of electric generation from coal, and it can be used for making […]
We are working to dispel misinformation about our effortWe are working to dispel misinformation about our effort
A closed loop cooling system data center colocated with the Campbell plant could use the Campbell’s wastewater and help us actually resolve environmental issues. It also would not require any backup generator system because the Campbell units are so reliable. And it could be designed with no more noise than a regular office building for […]
Unilateral disarmament is a bad idea when it comes to technology as well as weaponsUnilateral disarmament is a bad idea when it comes to technology as well as weapons
Data centers can be used for good or ill, like guns and other weapons. We need them under local American control, to better ensure they are not used for ill, but for good. Unilateral disarmament is not a wise strategy for things which can be used for good or ill in a powerful way. This […]
We need your help …We need your help …
… to encourage the Office of Energy Dominance Financing under the Department of Energy to schedule a consultation meeting with us according to its procedures and rules, in follow up to our submission shown at https://savethecampbell.com/submission-to-initiate-discussion-with-department-of-energy/ . So far there has been no response, yet during the period the Office has not only been meeting with […]
Important question to ask political candidates and leaders: Do you support giving local voters the opportunity to decide whether we have local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperative board or do you want to stick with the status quo of leaving grid control with the Consumers Energy monopoly executives and the MPSC?Important question to ask political candidates and leaders: Do you support giving local voters the opportunity to decide whether we have local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperative board or do you want to stick with the status quo of leaving grid control with the Consumers Energy monopoly executives and the MPSC?
Many decisions must be made about our local electric grid regarding solar panel fields and battery plants trying to replace fossil fuel plants like the Campbell, as well as data centers. A central question is whether we want to have local control of these grid issues via a locally elected electric cooperative board, or whether […]