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The Next Phase Of Shrinkflation: Rolling Blackouts

The Next Phase Of Shrinkflation: Rolling Blackouts Via SchiffSovereign, The lights went on at approximately 3pm on September 4, 1882 in New York City. Thomas Edison (with major funding from JP Morgan) had spent roughly two years building the first-ever commercial power plant, located in Manhattan’s financial district. Its total capacity was about 600 kilowatts… barely enough to power a single rack of GPUs today. But at the time it was nothing short of miraculous. Edison’s coal-fired DC power plant initially served just 82 customers, and electricity was nothing more than a luxury flex by the...
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