ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoThree Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facilitywww.phillyvoice.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down13
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkThree Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facilitywww.phillyvoice.comArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·9 hours agoNo, see that is explicitly not what I agreed with before. Microsoft buys the plant and Microsoft pays start and maintenance cost. If it will privately benefit Microsoft they can privately fund it.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 hours agoIt’s a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoUntil the loan is forgiven a few later…
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoOh so it’s like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.
No, see that is explicitly not what I agreed with before.
Microsoft buys the plant and Microsoft pays start and maintenance cost.
If it will privately benefit Microsoft they can privately fund it.
It’s a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?
[Smiling Anakin]
Until the loan is forgiven a few later…
Oh so it’s like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.