Ep. 20: Fossil Fuels and an AI Bubble

By Jesse Mayshark · Headlights: Voices from The Progressive South

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A podcast episode from Headlights: Voices from The Progressive South featuring Steve Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy discussing the status and future of energy production in the South. The episode covers the Trump administration's hostility toward renewable energy sources and the growing impact of data centers and cryptomining operations on regional electrical grids.

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Headlights: Voices from The Progressive South

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The American South is much more than Spanish moss and plantation politics. In every city, town and rural county across the region, there are people working for a better future, continuing a centuries-long fight for real freedom, equality and opportunity. In every episode of Headlights, we bring you news, interviews and stories of people working for justice and progressive values all across the South. From community organizers to elected officials to artists and writers, business leaders and scientists, we amplify the voices of those making a difference in our Southern states.

Ep. 20: Fossil Fuels and an AI Bubble

Show Notes

SYNOPSIS:

Up until January of this year, several Southern states were
among the leaders in clean energy production, with big investments
in solar and wind power in Texas, Florida and elsewhere. Then came
the Trump administration, with its hostility to renewable sources
and championing of fossil fuels. This week, we talk to Steve Smith
of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy about the status and
future of energy production in the South — and the growing impact
of massive new data centers and cryptomining operations, which are
guzzling more and more from our regional grids.

Also, we take a look at a trio of new laws in Texas that reflect
the ongoing efforts of anti-abortion advocates to extend the
state's total abortion ban outside its borders via novel legal
mechanisms. If anyone thought religious fundamentalists were going
to be happy with state-by-state abortion regulation, they were of
course wrong.

Our arts and culture segment previews this weekend's Mississippi
Festival of Books, a celebration of all things literary in a state
that punches way above its weight in producing great writers.

Show Notes:

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy